I'm just over this
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Hello Lovelies!
I'm back to whine again...
I'm so over this phase of life, I've never hated being a woman as much as I do now, I'd take back debilitating cramps and heavy flow over this hell any day!
I've been dealing with so much emotional crap since my mom died back in May and since August I've been fighting yeast infections and oral thrush after a round of antibiotics. I was using creams to clear up the yeast and then the AV rears its ugly head and I double up on my hormone cream.. get it all sorted out and boom another one, I'm on my 5th round in just 3 months!! I was put on mycelex lozenges for 10 days for the thrush, did no good, 15 days of nystatin and eating yogurt (literally choked it down bc I hate it) dropped all refined sugar and carbs, new tooth brush every 3 or so days, followed all instructions to the letter, did no good at all. Started on fluconazole today, and this stuff does not agree with me at all which is why I use creams for vaginal yeast, but I'm desperate! Right now I'm dizzy as h^ll , nauseous and my hands are tingling and this is only day 1 of a 7 day treatment!! My anxiety is in over drive, which is only making the side affects worse. I just can't function any more... I have to push myself bc I have zero desire to be productive let alone be around people (and I have my aunts funeral on Thursday 😢). I'm 51 and feel like I should be in that coffin..
My white blood cell count has been high for several years and I've been worked over by an oncologist but they can't find a reason for it. However, I'm not being taken seriously about the hazard in my community.. we have radioactive waste that's in the creek that runs thru my backyard and a landfill a few miles away with 1000's of barrels of it illegally buried there from the Manhattan Project. Our lawyers (class action law suit, our houses are worthless) told us to inform our doctors of the alarming cancer clusters and rare cancers in our community and the doc act like it's nothing. It makes me wonder if all the crap I'm dealing with on top of meno has something to do with it 🤷♀️ . Anyway, besides one lady who has been giving me great advise, has anyone else had bad side effects from fluconazole? please tell me it gets easier during treatment! I just can't deal with this!
Sorry for the long rant.. I'm at the end of my rope and had to vent before I go outside and scream my head off!!
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ang28869 Gigi368
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So sorry for all your troubles....this is just out of the blue but do you take any meds for stomach acid? Sometimes that can throw off the flora of good bacteria and cause yeast infections. I too had problems with fluconazole...I rinsed and gargled with apple cider vinegar also found a probiotic capsule with cranberry in it at drugstore. Stress as I am sure you know by now really messes with the wonders of menopause. Sure hope things turn around for you!
Gigi368 ang28869
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I don't usually have issues with my stomach unless I'm in an active anxiety attack or a medicine is messing with me.. I never have heart burn, no excessive belching or burning in my throat and only pass gas when I need to go (tmi lol). I'm pretty sensitive to medication, I've tried probiotics in pill form before and they did make my stomach upset, which is why I started eating the yogurt. Vaginal yeast infections are not new to me, every single time I'm on an antibiotic I get one, but since meno and being diagnosed with atrophy I get them easier but they usually clear up after treatment but this time it keeps coming back. The oral thrush is driving me crazy, nothing tastes good, my mouth burns and is so sore I'm barely eating and water is the only thing I'm drinking which is a good thing but I want my caffeine.. I've gotta push thru with the fluconazole, something has to work. I'm not sure if I should try anything else while taking it. I still have a couple days worth of nystatin suspension I might swish but not swallow. I'll keep the apple cider vinegar in mind though! Thank you for your response!
Rainbow976 Gigi368
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Sorry for your issues. Look into s boullardi (sp?) . It's a yeast based probiotic that supposedly works differently than standard probiotics and is supposed to push out the "bad" yeast overgrowth. I can't speak to it helping with vaginal yeast infection but it is one Drs recommend when taking antibiotics.