Advice Please? (Please Read)

I’m posting on here because I’m at my wits end. I literally don’t know what to do or what is wrong with me anymore. TMI warning...

So basically, ever since I became sexually actively around 4 years ago, I’ve had so many UTIs and yeast infections. Well after so many rounds of antibiotics, monistat, canesten, fluconazole and natural remedies like yoghurt, garlic and coconut oil, I still had itching pretty much constantly. Also scraping/dry pain during sex.

Saw I gynaecologist who told me I must just not be relaxed enough during sex and that I might have a mild eczema down there.. so he gave me a steroid cream to apply when needed.

Well a year on and nothing improved, so I went to another gynaecologist who did some swabs and said I have mild BV (no smell or discharge just itching). And she said there’s your issue it’s just never been treated! So she have me a super strong round of antibiotics (metronidazole) to take 3 x a day for 5 days and told me to use a pessary on day 5 to stop a yeast infection developing. The itching started to go away and sex wasn’t painful for the first time in years!

Then after I finished the antibiotics I got a full blown yeast infection and now it’s been a week and a half and the discharge is clumpy/white but also kind of like a gel with a slight yellow tinge to it and I’m so itchy again. I’ve tried another pessary and nothing has improved.

I take a daily probiotic, drink apple cider vinegar every morning, I don’t eat any sugar, I only wear cotton underwear, only wash the area with water, I use condoms even though I’ve been with my boyfriend for 4 years. Also I stopped taking the pill a year ago because I thought that was causing my problem.

Please help? What can I do?? Doctors haven’t really helped me.

I don’t have an STI that’s certain. Is it possible to have BV again so soon after finishing the meds? Or is it yeast? My period is due in the next few days, could it get rid of the yeast infection? I know I should call the gynaecologist again because she’s the only one who ever kind of helped me, but she’s private and I don’t want to ask to use my parents insurance again as it’s so expensive.

I’m literally so depressed. I’m 22 and have suffered from this since i was 18 I literally don’t remember what it’s like to be normal 😞