Tried Boric Acid (and coconut oil) - I'm sore

Hi bee

Please read what I wrote about the green tea and raw honey in this thread and do try it its brilliant and all natural x

Bee, how often did you douche with hydrogen peroxide for and what strength?

For example, I douched last night with 75% HP (3% strength) and 25% distilled water. It didn't sting or burn like it did in the past, so hopefully that's a good sign...

And how often did you douche? Once per day? How many days in a row?

For me douching with hydrogen peroxide 3% strength makes it bubble and fizz and does get rid of the smell, but today, I still have the off, stinky discharge and my PH is still high (I tested the discharge with strips.)

Well everyone is different in the amount of time it takes a natural cure to be effective. I'm actually still using the douche and am about a week in but am happy that im symptom free right now. This is big or me because my bv almost never went away for 7 months no matter what i tried. So i plan yo continue at least another week to be safe and then do once a week for a while.

ive been doing once a night but for the first few days i did twice a day. I also added a few drops of tea tree oil. And i actually use just straight hydrogen peroxide. The more you use it and the infection goes away the less it will sting. So you if that didn't sting last night maybe try straight h202 tonight. Also its extra beneficial to make an acidophilus paste and insert that right after you douche to replace good bacteria.

It might just take a bit longer for you to feel better with the h202 but i believe its effective. one lady used it twice a day 2 weeks and then finally felt free of the infection. Then used it once a day for 1 week after that for maintenance and has been free of bv ever since. Just listen to your body.

But if you feel like boric acid worked better for you then maybe douching with that instead of the capsule will help. I tried that once and didn't have the bad reaction i did with the capsule. Good luck!

Thank you so much, Bee.

I haven't ever tried boric acid capsules. I might keep that as an option though. I've tried everything else though.

Yeah, I might douche with straight 3% HP tonight. It's hard to find the privacy to douche twice per day though '_'

I have tea tree oil. Did you use the 100% strength tea tree oil?

So you made a boric acid douche and used that? What happened when you used the boric acid capsule?

Thank again!

Yeah i feel you. I've been trying countless things over the past several months and even my roommates dont know that i have been dealing with this. It's tiring trying to find times when theyre gone or asleep to treat it. Haha but if they don't know about it iy makes me feel like it hasn't effected my life as much. So there's give and take. haha

but yeah look into boric acid cuz a lot of people have great success with it. it made me bleed a little though and made me feel a bit raw so i think that stunted my progress of getting over the infection. As a douche though it doesn't remain in the vagina as long so it doesn't cause as much chemical irritation. For me though i just feel safer using h202. And yeah 100% tea tree oil. And you're welcome

Thanks again, Bee.

I douche with HP - do you think I should try to leave it in my vagina for as long as I can? When I use the douche bottle it drips right back out again...

How long do you leave the HP in your cervix for before letting it flow out?

The solution does fizz quite a bit though, do you think fizzing is a good sign?

I think I read your earlier posts - did you find you had to cut out coffee completely? I am starting with a small half cup today and cutting it out by the weekend.

pls ignore the emoticons - they seem to pop up if I don't space out my punctuation. 

I also really recommend cutting sugar at least until the infection feels all gone. Taking a good probiotic. Like a 50 billion count one and supplimenting with folic acid. Heal your body from the inside out.

I have been taking the pro-biotic, vitamin b complex, d1000ui liquid, multi, lysine, C and magnesium. 

Nice i did suppliments for a while too but cutting out sugar and adding folic acid is when i really felt a difference. If you don't end up needing to though then more power to ya. Haha

Here is my latest: I used one capsule that evening - it had a flush as anticipated. The smell is far less significant - however - the other symptoms have been horrible. The initial wet/burny feeling popped up. I woke up in the middle of the night because my outer labia were raw and sore. The tissues feel like they've almost split (they haven't, but are close). The only thing that brought some relief was a bit of tea tree oil topically - but I'm starting to feel that using that too often is hard on the delicate tissues. 

I started my meditation and gentle yoga/body rolling practice again last night - and that brought relief. I felt like the energy in my pelvis actually started to move. It helped me dilute a bit of these negative feelings I'm having with the region.

In any case, I am heading to the doctor to pick up oral antibiotics and a topical treatment because perhaps I've tried too much over the last month - but I need relief. 

Before I forget - I also woke up that first night soaked in a cold sweat. Maybe a healing reaction?

I think it could be your doing to many things back to back.

Do whatever will make you feel best of course but i urge against antibiotics. At least after this time. I guess its easier for me to say because i was on broad spectrum antibiotics so much over summer for something else that none of the bv antibiotics ever worked for me. But repeated use of them can cause that to happen in women with recurrence and eventually you'll need to resort to natural treatment anyway. Antibiotics kill all the bad AND good bacteria in your body that you need in the future to fight off the bad bacteria. Since Bv is a bacterial imbalance rather than an actual infection (bad bacteria always present. Just far outweighed by lactobacillli in a healthy woman) it makes treating with antibiotics rather tricky. And can make fighting the iffection back even harder in the future. If you really feelbits yoyr best option than i recommend taking a yeast based probiotic during the treatment because it will work while you're taking antibiotics unlike most bacterial based probiotics.

If it does recurr for you i say stay away fron boric acid as it doesn't seem to be the best thing for you. Perhps try to douche with it or h202 because you're less likely experience rawness the less time you leave it inside. Then replinish with acidophilus paste or capsule. I know it sounds bad but i really think its important to give up most sugar and refined carbs for at least a month until the infection is gone and a little bit after to starve out the bad bacteria. I refused this a whilr but I'm so happy i made that decision finally. And I'm getting a bit skinnier haha

also i recommend actigel. Its all natutal. Helps correct ph. And is really soothing for when or if you experience any rawness or burning. It replinishes the tissues.

Good luck with eeverything. Meditation is great because being able to be emotionally okay with this issue is half the battle. Stay strong. don't stop trying different methods. and just keep telling yourself that you will get past this and you'll be stronger for it.

Also I'm not sure what age you are but if you're going tobthe gyno today maybe get your progesterone checked. Low levels have been linked with bv. Good luck!

So - here in Canada - my doctor tells me its tricky to test for Trichonomiasis. This has my brain spinning because the internet says its super common. Apparently the sample has to be temperature set and read by the lab within an hour. So my second trip to see her - she didn't test for Trich.

The flagystatin is 'for bv' but it is also the course one takes for Trich. I'm thinking I should take it because I'm worried.