I need help - Recurrent YI
It’s been a long and exhausting journey, and I honestly don’t know what’s wrong anymore. I’ve been struggling with recurrent yeast infections for over a year now, and testing has confirmed that it is yeast.
I’ve tried fluconazole multiple times, both the 3 day and 7 day treatments but neither helped long term. I was also prescribed cream treatments, which only seemed to work for about a week before the infection returned.
I used to wash the outside of my vaginal area with white Dial soap (never internally), but I switched to using only water. I drink a lot of water, cut out sugar, and only occasionally eat carbs. The one thing that seems to help the most is boric acid. Doing the full 14 day treatment clears the infection, and then followed by maintenance but if I stop, it comes back within about 6 days. I’ve been using boric acid as maintenance for the past 4 months.
I wear 100% cotton underwear, I’m not sexually active, and I eat Greek yogurt every day. I also tried inserting yogurt during active infections, but it didn’t seem to help. I take Renew Life 25B probiotics orally as well. The 65b seems to upset my stomach
At this point, I don’t know what else to do, and I feel completely defeated. Is boric acid for the rest of my life really my only option? I don’t understand what’s causing this. The only major change in the past year and a half has been losing 40 pounds, but otherwise nothing significant has changed. I’m desperate for answers. I’ve never struggled with this before. I’m a 25yo female. please, what has helped you? don’t have insurance so everything has been out of pocket.