Hello, and sorry for putting this question in lifestyle board, but I really did not know which board would be the best :)
I've been taking birth control pills for 3 years (4 various kinds). During these 3 years I experienced some IBS-like symptoms - constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pains and cramps, but not to the extreme - it was not hell, just the limbo :) Some good days, some very bad days, mostly average days. My GIT never was in ideal shape, so I didn't blame the pill in the beginning; later I became suspicious and finally I decided to stop taking it to see the difference. After a 7 months long break I started again, and there it is, the symptoms are back. I'm ready to stop again, if necessary, but I would very like to get to the root of it.
The first symptom is nausea, belching and a strange taste in mouth; I solved this with cutting off white sugar. The second one, constipation, caused by progestin, that slows down peristalsis; solved with lactulose. The third one, premenstrual diarrheas, caused by the same thing that causes the menstrual cramps. It's all smooth muscles, after all.
And the last symptom is my question. Somewhat the pill is causing my liver to make much more gall, or the gall bladder to discharge more gall, and that causes a great discomfort - abdominal pain, cramps, burning, diarrhea or that lovely kind of mixed diarrhea and constipation. The color of you-know-what is of course gaily yellow. How do the hormones cause this? I want to find out. My doctor does not know. Blood tests didn't show anything. I have a friend with IBS and the same problem, but she's not taking BC pills, and the cause of her liver/bladder behavior is unknown, too.
Can anybody help? Direct me to other message board? (I'm from an european country with minor language and I don't know the english speaking health/women/contraception space too well) Sites, studies? Thanks for anything :)
(I came here first, because this site helped me very much some time ago, when I was trying to find out whether there's something wrong with my GIT or I'm just a psycho and making my problems up. Thanks also for that :) )
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