Replied By Amy (Pa, US) on 02/06/2015
I am five years past BV, but the memories are vivid. Such an awful feeling to know you are "that smell" and feel powerless. Anyway, I had BV for 3-4 years and doctors were not helpful at all. I found the hydrogen peroxide and probiotic info on Earth Clinic and found immediate relief for the odor and after several months of persistent use of hydrogen peroxide and live culture yogurt vaginally along with oral high octane probiotic by mouth, I eventually was able to forget all about it! (I don't remember reading about folic acid at that point.) Hang in there, girls. There is hope. And, side-note, I met, dated and married a wonderful man while I was in the midst of the BV chapter of life... I found honesty to be best. His chemistry was part of the puzzle. Frankly, I don't think guys care anywhere as much as we do. So don't let your angst destroy a good thing!Replied By Nika (California, US) on 04/13/2015
I did a combination of things. First I just took probiotics. But that alone was clearing things up. I did the one day monistat. That took care of the itch but then the discharge went from a thick white to yellow. I knew then I went from a yeast to vaginitis. I tried the hydrogen peroxide douche.that helped with the discharge and itch but only temporary. The 4th time I did the hydrogen douche I didn't dilute it enough and I had some minor bleeding, so I stopped that. I started taking warm bath with tea tree oil sprinkled in my bath water. I noticed that seemed to help with the smell and discharge but still had enough discharge that I had to wear pantyliner.
I saw online where lots of women recommended the tea tree vaginal suppositories. I got the 6 pack. Inserted one each night and alternated douching with alkaline water and 1/2 tsp of tea tree oil. Along with taking 70 mill probiotics, and 800 m folic acid I'm finally all clear. I had been battling it for about 3 or 4 weeks before I used the tea tree suppositories. I probably could have cleared it in about a weeks time had I used them sooner in conjunction with the probiotics and folic acid. I also cut out sweets and sweetened tea. I also got the mr vits which is a prebiotic and a probiotic in one. Boy those help flush your intestines out! I had not had a yeast or bacterial infection in a year and half prior to this. I should have known I would get one because I had gotten away from eating lots of leafy greens. And I was eating too much sugar and drinking too much tea with sugar. Got to keep sugar intake to a minimum otherwise it will throw your good bacteria off every time.
Replied By Lisha (Anna, Texas ) on 08/30/2015
I have been dealing with this awful Problem. I have used everything from boric acid to douching with apple cider vinegar, but it only worked temporarily. It had caused so many problems in my love life as you could imagine. the recommendations was on point and I'm forever grateful..Replied By Clairec (Toronto) on 02/02/2016
I am on day five of this treatment and I have to say that by the third day of douching twice a day with 50-50 hydrogen peroxide and water, I realised I wouldnt be able to keep up with the douching. The outer parts of my lady bits have become so sore and itchy (even after rinsing with water after the douche) that I first tried diluting further - 25-75 hydrogen peroxide to water and then I replaced the hydrogen peroxide with a teaspoon apple cider vinegar when I could not bear the discomfort anymore. I'm surprised that more people using this treatment haven't mentioned that the bv seems to be quickly replaced with the discomfort of a yeast infection. I am going to keep up with inserting the probiotic capsules and tsking them as well as the vitamin b orally and see how that goes. The first couple of times I douched everything felt great. But I think twice a day was too much and threw off the balance in the vagina and caused irritation. I will give it some time to heal and then assess whether I should start douching again, this time with a lower concentration and definitely not more than once a day.Replied By Bella (San Jose, Ca) on 01/05/2017
hi, I would love to know how you treated your yeast infection with traditional medicine? Traditional as in herbs or antibiotics?
EC: HI! We're guessing the poster probably meant an OTC cream to treat the yeast infection...
