Guest guest Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 hi, i just joined this group because i have been experiencing yeast-related problems for about two months that seemingly came out of nowhere and will not go away. i have never had problems like this, and normally have a pretty healthy vagina that never causes me problems. i am feeling so frustrated and annoyed and am hoping someone will have useful advice for me. so i got a yeast infection two months ago, and used monistat for it, kind of knowing this was a bad idea but assuming that it would make it go away quickly. after a few days, it didn't seem to work, so i tried inserting garlic and yogurt into my vagina for about a week. this worked in terms of getting rid of the yeasty discharge and itching, but things still did not seem right. while there was not much discharge or odor, my vagina felt really dry and i found that sex was very painful. i went to the gynecologist a week ago for these symptoms and she told me that my efforts to cure the yeast infection had made my vagina too acidic in ph and advised me to bathe in water with baking soda dissolved in it several times a day. i did this for four days and found that it made the yeast infection-like symptoms return, sort of. lots more itching and burning than before, and a thicker discharge but not cottage cheese like, like i've experienced with yeast infections. does anyone have any idea what is going on or what i can do about it? i tend to prefer herbal or homeopathic treatments and would typically never use a product like monistat, and i am so annoyed with myself for having tried it and causing these problems. i drink alcohol fairly regularly and definitely do not have a sugar-free diet, and i take birth control pills, so i don't know if any of those habits would contribute to the yeast problems i am having, but i haven't recently changed the amount of sugar i eat and i have been taking the pill for about 6 months. for the past few days i haven't been doing any kind of specific treatment and the symptoms seem to be getting worse. please let me know anything you can think of that might help! --bonnie Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Bonnie - go back to the doc and tell her you want a culture done - testing for yeast and if it is yeast which STRAIN of yeast so that the doc and you know which meds will cure it. Not all yeast meds kill all strains of yeast - and you could go round and round for years if you don't get it straight. Also - the swab/culture should check for infection of other sorts - bacterial vaginosis, strep B, etc. so that you can take the proper meds if its that and NOT yeast. If you are taking birth control pills which have more progesterones/progestins that estrogens, that could be the source of your problem too. Do not assume that because you have itching and burning you have yeast. There are any number of things which could be the culprit and only through culturing and identifying the culprits can you find the right way to treat. Please insist that the doc do the culture - for your own safety and well being. Good luck Dusty -----Original Message-----From: VulvarDisorders [mailto:VulvarDisorders ] On Behalf Of bonnie strelitzSent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:10 AMTo: VulvarDisorders Subject: yeast infection question hi, i just joined this group because i have been experiencing yeast-related problems for about two months that seemingly came out of nowhere and will not go away. i have never had problems like this, and normally have a pretty healthy vagina that never causes me problems. i am feeling so frustrated and annoyed and am hoping someone will have useful advice for me. so i got a yeast infection two months ago, and used monistat for it, kind of knowing this was a bad idea but assuming that it would make it go away quickly. after a few days, it didn't seem to work, so i tried inserting garlic and yogurt into my vagina for about a week. this worked in terms of getting rid of the yeasty discharge and itching, but things still did not seem right. while there was not much discharge or odor, my vagina felt really dry and i found that sex was very painful. i went to the gynecologist a week ago for these symptoms and she told me that my efforts to cure the yeast infection had made my vagina too acidic in ph and advised me to bathe in water with baking soda dissolved in it several times a day. i did this for four days and found that it made the yeast infection-like symptoms return, sort of. lots more itching and burning than before, and a thicker discharge but not cottage cheese like, like i've experienced with yeast infections. does anyone have any idea what is going on or what i can do about it? i tend to prefer herbal or homeopathic treatments and would typically never use a product like monistat, and i am so annoyed with myself for having tried it and causing these problems. i drink alcohol fairly regularly and definitely do not have a sugar-free diet, and i take birth control pills, so i don't know if any of those habits would contribute to the yeast problems i am having, but i haven't recently changed the amount of sugar i eat and i have been taking the pill for about 6 months. for the past few days i haven't been doing any kind of specific treatment and the symptoms seem to be getting worse. please let me know anything you can think of that might help! --bonnie Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 I think that you are majorly jumping the gun to think Monistat CAUSED your problems, I mean the symptoms of a yeast infection can be a TON of things, an imbalance, vulvar issues, or an STD, I thought I had a simple yeast infection for months and it ended up being vulvar vestibulitis, and I had the symptoms before I ever tried using a yeast medication, I would give your gyno more time to figure out what is going on down there before doing more things to mess up your ph, Anne --On Saturday, April 22, 2006 9:10 PM -0700 bonnie strelitz wrote: > > hi, > > i just joined this group because i have been experiencing yeast-related > problems for about two months that seemingly came out of nowhere and will > not go away. i have never had problems like this, and normally have a > pretty healthy vagina that never causes me problems. i am feeling so > frustrated and annoyed and am hoping someone will have useful advice for > me. > > so i got a yeast infection two months ago, and used monistat for it, kind > of knowing this was a bad idea but assuming that it would make it go away > quickly. after a few days, it didn't seem to work, so i tried inserting > garlic and yogurt into my vagina for about a week. this worked in terms > of getting rid of the yeasty discharge and itching, but things still did > not seem right. while there was not much discharge or odor, my vagina > felt really dry and i found that sex was very painful. > > i went to the gynecologist a week ago for these symptoms and she told me > that my efforts to cure the yeast infection had made my vagina too acidic > in ph and advised me to bathe in water with baking soda dissolved in it > several times a day. i did this for four days and found that it made the > yeast infection-like symptoms return, sort of. lots more itching and > burning than before, and a thicker discharge but not cottage cheese like, > like i've experienced with yeast infections. does anyone have any idea > what is going on or what i can do about it? i tend to prefer herbal or > homeopathic treatments and would typically never use a product like > monistat, and i am so annoyed with myself for having tried it and causing > these problems. i drink alcohol fairly regularly and definitely do not > have a sugar-free diet, and i take birth control pills, so i don't know > if any of those habits would contribute to the yeast problems i am > having, but i haven't recently changed the amount of sugar i eat and i > have been taking the pill for about 6 months. for the past few days i > haven't been doing any kind of specific treatment and the symptoms seem > to be getting worse. please let me know anything you can think of that > might help! > > --bonnie > > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low > rates. > > **IF REPLYING TO THIS POST, PLEASE REMOVE ORIGINAL POST, THANKS** > > Our HOME page is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulvarDisorders > to search our archives, files, articles, etc. > > *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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