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Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptyFri Oct 23, 2020 12:04 am by ringostarr26

» Please tell me this can get better
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptySat Jul 18, 2020 7:38 pm by sammykramer

» By no means cured, but doing much better!
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptyMon Mar 16, 2020 1:26 pm by tinkerbelle2

» How I cured my Vulvodynia!
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptySat Dec 07, 2019 11:54 am by Millie

» 7 months since the diagnosis
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptyWed Aug 14, 2019 2:38 am by agtoronto

» Gabapentin Gel. or other topical creams
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptySat Jun 15, 2019 5:22 pm by mary jane

» IMPORTANT FOR UK SUFFERERS
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptySat Jun 15, 2019 5:21 pm by mary jane

» Help New Diagnosis
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptySat Jun 15, 2019 5:07 pm by mary jane

» 6 days post Vestibulectomy - Is this normal?? please tell me about your postop healing process!
Do you think this problem is linked to trauma? EmptyTue Jun 11, 2019 12:56 am by VVSSufferer

Gabapentin Gel. or other topical creams

Thu May 10, 2018 9:43 am by Rosie21

Hi I have been suffering for some years with this abominable pain. I have tried most of the systemic drugs , I asked specialists and Doctors if I could at least try a topical treatment but because this requires a special prescription have been refused Has anybody had a chance of trying these? Thank you I will try to put a link on to some of the research into Gabapentin Gel. Thanks.

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Putnams 'bony parts' cushion or Putnams 'Dr Huff' cushion - which is best?

Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:17 pm by Fielder

Hi everyone,

I'm a newbie.  I live in the UK.  

I'm trying to work out the best cushion to get for my vulvodynia.  I suspect that I could have pudendal nerve involvement (the aching and burning pain is from vagina to clitoris) and I have rectocele and some tailbone pain too.

I have seen some good reports on older threads regarding the Putnams pressure relief cushions....with some ladies …

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An absolute success story- please read!

Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:57 pm by Persevere1990

Dear All,

I posted on here back in March 2017 having just got a diagnosis of vulvodynia after a few months of relentless and acute pain. I was desperate, I was hurting, I was scared I would never know life without pain there again.

I tried creams, acupuncture, numbing gels, frozen pads, baths with various internet recommended concoctions- convinced myself I had lichen sclerosus, herpes, thrush- …

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I'm sorry im rambling

Thu Feb 21, 2019 5:49 am by Jet227

hey, im 19, ive been struggling with this almost a year. The first week I became itchy I went in to check about a yeast infection another week later. I have been to 10 different doctors a total of about 15 appointments for this problem for the past 11 months. I have been tested for everything including having a biopsy. I was first told basically to just go home and use hydrocortazone, then I went …

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New member need advice please

Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:33 pm by PANDORA123

Hello, I have just been diagnosed with unprovoked vulvodynia. Im really scared and worried. It burns a lot and it hurts to sit down. I have been prescribed amitriptyle 10mg. Can anyone give me some hope that I can get better from this condition. Feeling low and depressed.

Thanks

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MonaLisa Touch

Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:35 pm by rl2091

Hi All,

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the MonaLisa Touch treatment for Vulvodynia? My pain started when I went on HRT(pill) for anxiety mainly and my pain abruntly stopped when I stopped HRT. However, when I started on the HRT patch (at my dr's suggestion), the pain returned and has never left. That was 7 years ago. I found MonaLisa Touch on the internet purely by accident …

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Diagnosed Recently

Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:55 pm by flissyg

Hi All,

I’m so glad I’ve found a place where there are others who understand how I feel!

So this is my story:-

I’m 36,  and 4 months ago, whilst innocently sitting in bed reading I experienced a very sharp stabbing pain in my clitoris. It last only a few minutes and then subsided as quickly as it came on. It put it down to “one of those things”.  The following morning I woke up …

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New and need advice and help

Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:26 pm by Cin124

Hi everyone,

About three months ago, I started having vaginal and vulval itching. Then, about two months ago, my vulva started to feel painful and look swollen, so I went to the doctor. I was tested for herpes, chlamydia, and gonorrhea which all came back negative. I also had to do a vaginal swab test and the only thing that came back positive was yeast infection. I was prescribed hydrozole …

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New here would very much appreciate advice at the end of my rope

Wed Jan 09, 2019 9:09 pm by Jma990o

This might be a little long but it's been such a long time I've even been able to talk about my problems openly thank you in advance for any helpful advice.
So ok I'm 24 I've been having this problem for over two years seen quite a few doctors and obgyns alike and nobody will take me seriously I have had a few utis and yeast infections and even bv once and this all started after one of the utis …

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Post  Sadgirl Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:37 pm

I found myself up again tonight, troubled by my inability to have painless or fulfilling sex. I found this show on "MTV True Life, I can't have Sex" and I feel like I'm watching my life, it's so sad. I really wonder what is the connection to this problem and if trauma plays a part in this horrible condition? I was raised in a home where it was pounded in my head my entire life that sex was a bad thing, not natural, not something fulfilling or that one should enjoy, not a normal part of a healthy life. Basically my parents where religious nuts and if you had sex you'd get pregnant, get AIDS, it would end up ruining your life and the aids would kill you and you'd burn in he'll for all eternity. It sounds crazy as I now know that it is, but that's what I was taught from day one. I was diagnosed in 2005 due to horrible pain during and after sex, that's when we were able to have it. When we could actually have sex I would pay for it for the next 48 hours and knew I would live in the bathroom and would have excruciating lowerback and pelvic pain. I had an exam and was diagnosed with IC intersestial Cystitus I had one DMSO treatment that almost landed me in ER. I spent two days curled up in a ball crying, in
excruciating pain, and on pain killers and the Dr decided (as well as myself) that this
was not the best option for me, this specialist said in all the 30+ years he's done
treatment for IC he's never seen a case as bad as mine and referred me to a urologist at
a state of the university hospital that focuses on women's health. That is where I go
now, my urologist has Confimed my diagnoses of IC and pelvic floor damage. I have
tried medications (mostly musle relaxers and pain preventatives), and have done physical
therapy, and counseling. I do wonder how fear and lack of trust play into the fact that
I'm unable to have or have pain free intercourse. I never had issues with painful sex or pelvic pain after intercourse even after I got married in 2003, but I was attacked and raped in 2004, I had my first child in 2005 and I guess I've always wondered if this was
caused by my rape or my c-section when having my baby. I have spent a several years
in counseling dealing with the rape and assault, and feel that I have emotionally, physicologically, mentally, and have moved onto helping women and men dealing with
this same issue. I have moved from being a victim through survivor to thrivor, but I still
struggle with this disabling pain and the lack of desire to want to connect sexually
knowing the pain that it will entail and fallow. I know I hear that a lot of this is related
to anxiety and fear and although my mind is saying yes I feel like my body regardless
says no. I was wondering who else has had some type of trauma like myself that has
lead to this condition and inability, whether it be molestation, sexual abuse, rape, trauma, or being raised with the belief that sex is somehow something that is wrong or something that one shouldn't do or enjoy anyways and how this all plays into it? I know
it takes brave and amazing poeple suffering from this horrible issue to have these
discussions but now that I've found others suffering from this very under discussed and misunderstood issue I'm asking hoping someone out there is brave enough to admit if they have suffered from any of these same things and if they think it has impacted them or is linked to this issue? Thank you, and good luck to you all and your struggles with this aweful condition.

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Post  Alana3 Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:19 pm

I think it could be a little of both especially when you have had the encounter you had of course you're going to be tense, but I definetely know its NOT in your head this is a real thing. I have not been in a situation like yours, and my pain was horrifying. I don't really know what to say, but do you have both IC and Vulvodynia and where are you located? I'm sorry to hear all that happened to you that's horrible but I'm glad you are able to overcome it and be a role model for others who have been thru it. Where are you located and getting your treatment at?

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Post  Kathy100 Mon Mar 18, 2013 3:55 pm

Hi, I haven’t suffered from the same terrible things as you and I feel for you. It’s great to hear that you have come through all of that and are now helping others. When I was finally diagnosed though both my doctor & the pain management consultant asked me if I had been abused and/or raped as they said that this type of trauma can cause it / be linked to it. In my case I wasn’t & I have horrible burning pain that isn’t in my head. Mine started out of the blue with pain during & after sex followed by cystitis.
I do think when you are expecting something to be painful because of previous experiences then you start to tense more anyway - I know I do and that can make it worse. My doctor also said that the body remembers pain and reacts to defend itself??

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Post  Sadgirl Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:28 pm

Thank you for your replies, I'm seeing a urologist in Portland, OR at OHSU. It's a travel from where I live but it's worth it, when I started my physical therapy there several years ago I traveled there once a week just trying to get the pain under control. Since then our local hospital has gotten a physical therapist that helps with IC patients and I've seen her as well, she had me do all the same exercises but it wasnt as successful. The physical therapist I've seen at OHSU did stretching, exercise, chiropractic adjustments, and a little message therapy, the one her locally just has me do these hard exercises with no warm up, cool down, stretching, that's it. When I left I felt like I was hit by a bus and was in worse pain than when I had sex. I recently had a consult with a physical therapist that works at the pain management clinic I've been referred to, but she discussed wanting to do internal work with me, and honestly didn't explain much beside that and I don't think I could or would be comfortable enough to do that, not even with my husband let alone a stranger. Maybe this is something either of you have tried, and if so is it helpful? There are times I feel if they told me to live off pickles and stand on my head 5 times a day to help I would. I've tried changing my diet as several books suggest but I don't eat the trigger foods as they put it due to my IBS anyways but I haven't noticed any flare ups the few times I've indulged so theres only so much I can do. It is hard, I want to satisfy my husband I know men have needs and stay pretty creative to keep him happy but it still would be nice not to have to dread being intimate knowing I will be up all night and in such pain when I do. Oh I also read an article and filled out a survey and it asked about the use of pot (yes a smoking drug) as it is legal in some states and is used for medical reasons, I guess for IC and if it helped. I never have but if you all have tried this as a medical choice did it help?

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Post  Alana3 Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:41 pm

If pot is legal where you are (and I'm pretty sure it is) why not try it? Can't hurt and it really cant mess you up than anything else you've probably tried. Smile

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Post  Kathy100 Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:33 pm

I've only had one physio (physical therapy) session so far. The therapist asked all about my history (and listened) checked how flexible I was and then did an ultrasound massage on my back followed by some trigger point releasing on my back, backside & legs as I have pain there as well as the V pain. This was gentle and really helped my back pain. She has also given me some exercises to do at home & guidelines on what not to do too. I do feel as if I'm getting somewhere at last. She is going to do some internal work but as I've a lot of pain there she wants to sort out my lower back pain first. I'm not looking forward to it because I know it's going to be painful but I'm going to give it a go....

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Post  Alana3 Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:50 pm

Its really not as bad as you think- you just have to be open for it- which you are if you're going to do it. Once they release those muscles you are going to feel so much better I promise! Smile

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Post  Kathy100 Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:57 am

That's what I'm hoping ...

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