[phoenix]

oh btw i have tried that metro antibiotic, but i only took 2 tabs then tossed it because i heard that it doesn't even work. i tried hydrogen peroxide douche, fem D, rephresh, and bio fem and i am presently trying the balance active. i am trying to be positive about it, but my discharge is the same

i am thinking about going back to get the metro antibiotic and try it, i am becoming quite desperate.

[Angelhalo052010]

oh btw i have tried that metro antibiotic, but i only took 2 tabs then tossed it because i heard that it doesn't even work. i tried hydrogen peroxide douche, fem D, rephresh, and bio fem and i am presently trying the balance active. i am trying to be positive about it, but my discharge is the same

i am thinking about going back to get the metro antibiotic and try it, i am becoming quite desperate.

Please let me know how the balance activ works...I would really like to try it. I am trying the sweet whey powder right now that someone on here said worked for them but it's not working for me...The only thing I have used that gets rid of the smell is boric acid. Just get some empty capsules and boric acid powder and make your own suppositories. I have to use it everyday but I know I don't have the smell when I am using it...I do still have discharge though but not the fishy smell. God, I wish someone would find a cure for this. It is so depressing to feel like this. I feel gross and dirty even when I just get out of the shower.

[Sbleu]

Hmmmm. Seems to have cleared itself up on its own after my period! The only thing I have done is wash a couple times on the outside with vinegar and water soaked cotton ball, to try to get the acidic environment there. Even had sex and semen inside me which I was certain would create a full blown infection. Maybe the lactobacilli from the Candaclear did indeed 'take hold' in there after all.

[JRmiss888]

Hey ladies, I suffered from Chronic BV from the time I was 16 until now (24). I was constantly at the gyno, I have tried the Metro anti-biotics, I tried the Metro-Gel, Clyndamicin, and a few others. All of those not only gave me yeast infections, but the BV came back usually in about one month. I stuck with my same gyno because I liked her and I wanted her to be able to keep track of how often I came in and all that. Eventually she said she was going to test me for other bacterial infections that might be throwing off my PH balance, thus making the BV return. Well it turned out I had 3 seperate bacterial infections (why they didn't test for them before is a mystery to me). So make sure you go in and ask that you be tested for ANY kind of bacterial infection, if you don't treat them all then BV will continue to return due to the imbalance in your vagina. So finally I got them all treated and after that, I went on to a few of these BV forums to see what anyone else would try. Belive me I have been going through this for a long time and felt I was just going to have to deal with it, but then I took advice from 2 people that had written about this all-natural herbal pill thing. I have been BV free for about 4 months, which is the longest since I was 16. (So far so good) It is a natural pro-biotic that you can find in your health food store (edited) "Primadophilus Reuteri." Its got lots of the good bacteria "Lactobacillus". I take one a day and at less that $10 for a bottle of 30, its not that bad. I have been really happy and came back on this site specifically to offer any help I could to anyone else who suffers from this awful problem. I went through most of my teen and young adult life with BV and it held me back a lot. This stuff is working for me, and it worked for a few others that wrote about it as well. But please make sure to go to your gyno first and have them test you for ANY BACTERIAL INFECTION that you could have.

[lafemelle]

JRmiss, I'm really interested by your post! Seems like such an obvious solution...so are these just *any* kind of bacterial infections in the body, or are they all vaginal? Did you experience any symptoms other than the BV?

[sixling]

Hi All,

May I know anyone of you have had online buy Yeast Arrest before? I only found those website in US. However the shipping cost is very expensive as I live in Malaysia. So that would be nicer if other country (like UK) has the online website who sell the Yeast Arrest and has shipping to Malaysia.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Angelhalo052010]

Hi All,

May I know anyone of you have had online buy Yeast Arrest before? I only found those website in US. However the shipping cost is very expensive as I live in Malaysia. So that would be nicer if other country (like UK) has the online website who sell the Yeast Arrest and has shipping to Malaysia.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Hi, I used the Yeast Arrest for a long time and it worked great. However, they have changed the formula and added tea tree oil to it and it's not the same. I bought it not knowing they changed the formula and I used 1 and threw the rest away. They smell really disgusting. If I were you, I would just buy a cheap bottle of boric acid and some empty Vcaps and make your own boric acid suppositories. Thats what I have been using and its the only thing that gets rid of the smell. You have to use it every day though or the smell returns : (

[Angelhalo052010]

Hey ladies, I suffered from Chronic BV from the time I was 16 until now (24). I was constantly at the gyno, I have tried the Metro anti-biotics, I tried the Metro-Gel, Clyndamicin, and a few others. All of those not only gave me yeast infections, but the BV came back usually in about one month. I stuck with my same gyno because I liked her and I wanted her to be able to keep track of how often I came in and all that. Eventually she said she was going to test me for other bacterial infections that might be throwing off my PH balance, thus making the BV return. Well it turned out I had 3 seperate bacterial infections (why they didn't test for them before is a mystery to me). So make sure you go in and ask that you be tested for ANY kind of bacterial infection, if you don't treat them all then BV will continue to return due to the imbalance in your vagina. So finally I got them all treated and after that, I went on to a few of these BV forums to see what anyone else would try. Belive me I have been going through this for a long time and felt I was just going to have to deal with it, but then I took advice from 2 people that had written about this all-natural herbal pill thing. I have been BV free for about 4 months, which is the longest since I was 16. (So far so good) It is a natural pro-biotic that you can find in your health food store (edited) "Primadophilus Reuteri." Its got lots of the good bacteria "Lactobacillus". I take one a day and at less that $10 for a bottle of 30, its not that bad. I have been really happy and came back on this site specifically to offer any help I could to anyone else who suffers from this awful problem. I went through most of my teen and young adult life with BV and it held me back a lot. This stuff is working for me, and it worked for a few others that wrote about it as well. But please make sure to go to your gyno first and have them test you for ANY BACTERIAL INFECTION that you could have.

Hi JRmiss....After you were treated for all of these bacterias, did the BV disappear? Ihave tried the primadophilus reuteri many times and it never did anything for me. I think I'm going to go to the gyno next week again. I have been dealing with this problem for almost 5 years and I can't take it any longer. I have been using boric acid for almost 4 years.

Does anyone know if boric acid kills the good bacteria?

[simplynikki]

when i turned 18 i was a dancer in an adult club so i was always wearing thongs and getting sweaty down there. i had to go to the gyn after about 6 months into my job cause i started getting crazy smells down there and it was so embarassing to have sex with my husband unless it was in the shower to hide the smell.
my gyn gave me flagyl to take for 3 days and the problem seemed to go away...it however returned about 3 months later..
the problem kept coming back for nearly a year until i left the club and started wearing normal panties again.
i had another minor incident with bv about a year ago but i had no medicaid so i used rephresh and it seemed to do the trick and hasnt returned.
i didnt even notice this thread and now that i see so many women have suffered the same thing i dont feel like i was just this random dirty person...i kept thinking that it was somehow my fault and im pretty sure my husband thought i gave him an std. he didnt want to sleep with me for quite some time after that first time he smelled something bad down there on me

[ajohnstone]

BV

Hello Ladies,

I am 25 have been a sufferer of BV for a while now, almost on going for about 2 years.
I have finally booted that thing, and this is how i did it....

Recently i have got a new boyfriend, i am not sure whether this has anything to do with it! He does ejaculate inside me, and it dosent make any difference, we dont need to wear condoms.

I tried every single thing they had under the books, drinking apple cider vinegar, tried all the antibiotics, tried detoxing, tried going to naturopaths and changing my diet to lactose free, no dairy etc etc, changed my diet all in all, no sugar, no refined carbs etc. I tried acidpholous pills, i tried buying that femanol online, 6 months supply and getting it sent from america...i tried honestly everything, eating yoghurt, having garlic tablets, buying good bacteria suppositries, using condoms, changing contraceptive pills, showering before and after sex, even refusing to read the blogs on the web because it would bring me down...etc etc. EVERYTHING!

I have found 3 things that keep my BV away....
- 1 cup of apple cider vinegar to a bath (do not put alot of water in, just enough to be able to cover yourself) the more water you put in the more it halves the effectiveness of the vinegar. I do this once a week. Closer to my period i tend to do it twice a week.
- I take two goldenseal tablets a day (natural antibiotic instead of chemical stuff)
- I take two cranberry tablets a day (help to make the environment more acidic)
I have also changed my pill, i have done research and it appears that high estrogen pills show that alot of women on them have BV, i was on the yasmin contraceptive pill, now im on a low estrogen pill microgynon 20ED.
I am also trying to stay positive, with my new partner, i still get worried that dreadful smell or discharge is going to come back, but i have been with him almost 3 months now, and havent got it back, i used to get it to the point where after clearing it up, my partner and me would only have to have sex once for me to get it back. I dont douche, i only open myself up to clean myself out when i have that apple cider bath. Apart from that i dont touch!!!!
I also avoid sugar as much as i can, i LOVE lollies and sweets, and also bread, i try to eat bread only once a week now....i find the discharge comes back a little if i eat lots of sugar.

I hope this has helped ladies, like i said, im not sure if it was the change in partner, or the change in pill, or the change of not taking anymore acidopholous etc....but its working...i get the discharge a tiny bit, when it comes close to menstrual time...but apart from that, IM GREAT!

Hope i help you out, i thought after 3 months id get on here and let you all know, as i know exactly what it was like to go through what we all have!

BEST OF LUCK xx