Hydroxyzine hydrochloride for Vulvodynia (treatment)

Hi all,

I'm posting this for information purposes, was reading some other forum and saw a user said she treats her V with this medication... I was blown away and wanted to post here ..I hope it helps others

Originally Posted by Rebecca___p View Post

"Hi girls, I've had this pain for as long as I can remember (I'm 17 due to the pain being sometimes unnameable and just made me so fed up nothing could be done). I've been to 2 gynaecologists 1 of which helped me out so much and can thank my treatment for. I didn't even realise I had this until he told me, and was shocked that my previous gynaecologist did not see this. Vulvar vestibulitis (aka vulvodynia) is caused mainly by having thrush multiple times, making the nerves in the vulvar more sensitive. He told me that he had a treatment and I was so happy. -I am easily susceptible to thrush:((-
He prescribed me Atarax (an anti anxiety medication) it has been succesful in treating my discomfort. He first prescribed me 10 millagrams as he wasn't sure how I would be with the side effects/will cure my VVS with this low dose, (which are just drowsyness but can be managed by taking in at night -I didn't get any of the side effects-) it helped out my VVS but not treated it completely (I only took this for 28 days). He then prescribed me a higher dose of 25mg (which I am currently on for 3 months till my next check up). If that has treated it I will have to take the pills for 6 months for it to go. However if I still have it I will have to move to 30mg. But he is so helpful and said either way we are treating it. I hope this helped girls. It's hard to find a good gynaecologist that knows what vulvodynia is and how to treat it well."


I never tried it in the past since others worked for me, but it makes sense..it calmes the central nervous system and it stops sending pain signals.

I hope this helps someone

xx

I take this for my hives, it's also an anti-histamine. Unfortunately, it doesn't help my V, but i've read others have had success. Definitely worth a try.

Hydrox is the first thing that truly made a difference for me.... though I have IC and not V. But at 10mg I knew something was different and as I increased to 50mg, the difference was remarkable. I went from thinking how to stop living to wondering how to live every day! It also makes sense for me since I have terrible allergies.