So I’ve been dating my boyfriend for around 8 months now and since the very beginning I’ve had constant problems down there... from the first few times we had sex I’d get super swollen and it would hurt the next time we would have sex. First I thought I had a yeast infection, discharge made me think that and the itching, got cream and ovules, that helped for a bit but the itching came back so I got more a couple weeks later.

Then about a month later I was super irritated and itchy. My vagina was very swollen and then slowly started developing little tears which burned like crazy. I went to a walk in and the dr there said it looked like herpes.. what?! So he ran the tests and they came back negative but he said it could just be that he didn’t get a good swab. So I took the prescriptions provided and it helped for a little bit. Sex at this point was still painful, especially around the very top of my vagina which gets super dry, and then at the back of my vagina (near the anus) it’s very sensitive and gets little tears.

Now, I still have all of the above symptoms, (super sensitive, tears around the anus, painful sex, itchy, and swollen) but now I also have LOTS of weird discharge. I’ve been wearing panty liners and it’s like a greenish tinted yellow. Super gross. No really foul smell to it..

I don’t know what more to do. I’ve been to the dr 4 times in the past 8 months with no real relief. It’s becoming embarrassing. I don’t know if maybe it was trich all along and keeps getting worse, or if it’s BV or another yeast infection or what.If you’ve had any experience similar please advise.

And yes I’ll obviously go to the dr.

gynecologist