Vulvodynia help!!
I feel lost, so I feel like asking a big group of women may help!
Long story short, last May I got my first ever yeast infection from taking an antibiotic. Of course I had to get the hardest one to cure. It took 6 months to find something to get rid of it. But once I was testing negative, I still was burning and itching. They tried giving me steroid creams and lidocaine, but neither helped. Eventually, they diagnosed me with Vulvodynia. They prescribed me amitriptyline and said I’d be better in 14 days. With no improvement after about a month, they upped my dosage to 25 mg. Another month passed and I was still miserable. They tried a compound (although I can’t remember what it was) and it didn’t improve me. They then prescribed me an amitriptyline compound and it also did not help. It’s now a year later and I am still as miserable as ever and my OB pretty much has gave up. I also forgot to mention they sent me to pelvic floor therapy, which also did not help. Although it helped in other areas after having a baby, which is a positive side.
At this point, I am on my own to find a cure. A friend suggested vitamin D and K, while also taking magnesium and vitamin C. So far, I have not seen improvement and if anything, I’m feeling worse than ever before. I really need any suggestions or advice. I’ve tried meditating and finding ways to reduce my stress. I use unscented detergent and I do not even use soap down there now. Just water. Please tell me I’m not alone in this. Please someone tell me you found a way out of this. It’s all I think about 24/7. I cry myself to sleep in pain every night. I feel like I can’t be intimate with my husband. We want another baby before my 4 year old gets too old but there’s no way I could be pregnant and be this miserable.
I hope someone can provide some help for me because I am totally lost and so miserable!!
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