Vagina thrush keeps recurring & I keep misleading it for a UTI

hiya ladies, i thought it would be a good idea to join a forum specialising in the fanny problems as ive been suffering for about a good 3 years from what i thought was a UTI . so just early last week i rang the docs cuz i had ordered some antibiotics from boots to treat a UTI (the docs and pharmacys were closed!) cuz i could feel the early sypmtoms of UTI starting and i was always told by docs that they just like to treat it straight away.

it was a 3 day course and it took the acidic pain away but them the sorness came back after i finished the course (i then called the docs). he said it sounds like thrush and the antibiotics could be making it worse, which i agreed with. i had my first smear test due two days later which i attended. the nurse put the instrument in and swabbed and stopped halfway through and said "i cant do it youve got very heavy thrush". so she pescribed me two pesserys, which really helped.

so now onto week 2 and today i can feel the sorness coming back. ive been using thrush cream with and after m i finished the pesserys but its been 7 days and i dont want to continue using the cream incase i do more harm than good. ive taken paracetomal which helps take away the soreness for abit, but i wanted to know if i can use pesserys on a daily basis? I want to know if anyone else has been through this and im open to any recomendations.

abit about me:

im 27, never had sex (so deffo not pregnant unless im the virgin mary), the last time i had a fumble with a boy was when i was 16 which involved fingers and kissing. the reason i mention this is because i looked up that infections can be transferred through touch, not just specifically through sex. i did smooch a boy when i was maybe 19 or 20? but all the infections i read up about this say it can lay in your body for atleast 7 to 10 years like chlamidiya (which i tested negative for).

im on sertraline (depressants), ill admit im not very active, after ive finished work i just want to sit and chill out!

my diet could be better but i wouldnt say i eat excessivly and bad foods all the time, just the basics but with abit more cheese, rice and tuna. not a big sandwich eater (i bread can cause problems and sugar). i also dont use any washing products down there just normal water.

lastly, ive noted that my sorness (UTI symptoms) start to begin either before or after my period and if i get really hot and sweaty that really triggers it, so that puts me off exercising.

if anybody wants to know if i have any other symptoms feel free to ask! and any recomendations on products would be great.

thanks! - Jess

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