I am at the end of my rope - I have been dealing with painful sex and redness for almost 2 years - and no doctor can truely figure out what is wrong. I have been tested for everything under the sun - all negative. My symptoms started after taking Yaz birth conrol pill - about 3 months in I noticed a severe lack in libido and pain during intercourse. It snowballed from there. My OBGYN at the time said my issues couldnt have been related to the pill and gave me steroid creams...which I know now made it all worse. To make a long story short, I stopped taking yaz after 8 months of being on it and found a new doctor. I am totally convinced all of my problems were related to that pill! She believed me and told me I was not the first to present recently with similar symptoms. I actually had a "menopausal looking vagina" per my new doctor when i first saw her. I have tried hormone creams (lidocaine/estrogen) and physical therapy - the PT helped tremdously and so did the creams - and although i have improved from where i was, im still struggling with redness and painful sex and abnormal periods. I think I may try Goldsein to see if he has anything else to offer me. I am only 27 and recently married and this has consumed my once normal life for so long. My question to all of you ladies that may have been through this: 1) was anyone else on Yaz when they began to experience symptoms? and 2) has anyone gotten better just using hormone creams? I wonder if I will require surgery...
I am sick of this ruining my life :( I am getting depressed
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I am at the end of my rope - I have been dealing with painful sex and redness for almost 2 years - and no doctor can truely figure out what is wrong. I have been tested for everything under the sun - all negative. My symptoms started after taking Yaz birth conrol pill - about 3 months in I noticed a severe lack in libido and pain during intercourse. It snowballed from there. My OBGYN at the time said my issues couldnt have been related to the pill and gave me steroid creams...which I know now made it all worse. To make a long story short, I stopped taking yaz after 8 months of being on it and found a new doctor. I am totally convinced all of my problems were related to that pill! She believed me and told me I was not the first to present recently with similar symptoms. I actually had a "menopausal looking vagina" per my new doctor when i first saw her. I have tried hormone creams (lidocaine/estrogen) and physical therapy - the PT helped tremdously and so did the creams - and although i have improved from where i was, im still struggling with redness and painful sex and abnormal periods. I think I may try Goldsein to see if he has anything else to offer me. I am only 27 and recently married and this has consumed my once normal life for so long. My question to all of you ladies that may have been through this: 1) was anyone else on Yaz when they began to experience symptoms? and 2) has anyone gotten better just using hormone creams? I wonder if I will require surgery...
I am sick of this ruining my life :( I am getting depressed
February 26, 2010 - 6:47pmThis Comment
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