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Camping trip went bad :-(

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laura_51322
laura_51322

So I went camping over the weekend and got there Friday afternoon. Stayed over night and half of the next day and had to say I was sick and left a day early.  I could smell my odor and others smelt it passing in the wind. Was with some people I met for the first time ever. And I just couldn’t take the anxiety anymore.... it’s horrible I can’t even enjoy my life anymore because of this. Just wanted to update you all... and this balance complex I am going to try next when I get paid next Friday. I have spent so much money on products, nothing works... I hope the FDA approves this new gel to cure the BV! I am so exhausted from living like this. :”( 

Wish my discussion could be more positive, but that isn’t the case at all. 

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  • terri_49819
    terri_49819 laura_51322

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    Find a way to decrease the bad bacteria. Either antibiotics or tea tree oil, lactic acid and vinegar. If you use antibiotic you will probably need to treat yeast as well just to be on the safe side. Find a way to keep the vahina acidic for a while. Keep putting an acid up there so your natural biotics can survive and reestabish a home in the v
    • laura_51322
      laura_51322 terri_49819

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      Terri,

      I take probiotics daily and I do a tea tree oil sea salt mix and soak a tampon in it and leave in for a couple hours twice a day. It helps with the odor w little and the tea tree helps the acidity stay up. I haven’t tried anything besides boric acid in my vagina and it didn’t help, I did it for one week each night. It actually made it worse and I stopped. What exactly is the vinegar and lactic acid you mentioned? Is it a home mixture and how do I insert it, by bathing or tampon? Or a douche. 

      Thanks 

    • terri_49819
      terri_49819 laura_51322

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      The review I read said you should do metro for 5-7 days. I assume to kill off the bad bacteria, So then, the acid can start balancing the vagina. A lot of antibacterial stuff kills the lactobicilli. I read peroxide kills lactobicilli.  So make sure sea salt and tea tree oil doesn’t kill your lactobicilli that should be in your vagina. I had a culture done and out the the four good bacteria that should live in the vagina, I only had one. 

      Vaginal probiotics makes me hurt and grow yeast so I’m order for me to use vaginal probiotics I take diflucan 150 mg... the BA hasn’t made me raw at all. 

      There are so many lactic acids on the market. I googled lactic acid made from shell fish and that’s the one I ordered. 

    • laura_51322
      laura_51322 terri_49819

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      I will have to order some and give it a try, at this point I’m willing to try anything 😢 my anxiety is so bad around people because of my issue. I saw a psychologist and I am now on Ativan twice a day just to get through and take the edge off of my extreme anxiety. I am not for pills to fix problems but after suffering for so long with this, my doctor and I both think the medications will help me. (Ativan for anxiety and Lexapro for depression) has anyone had anxiety issues here?? If so, what do you take for it? It is my first day on Ativan and it seems to help a little but not as much as I thought it would. Possibly will have to up the dosage at my next doctor visit. Horrible to even think I’ll need these just to get through each day..... but I guess I have to do what I have to do. 

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