Just want to share my symptom...are yours the same?

Hi again,
I read a lot of the post and I know I'm in the right spot. Do some of you get anxious,feel that maybe the were wrongly diagnosed all kinds of thing like that..I went through all the hoops with urology,neurology always neg testing....stil in pain..finally obgym said vulvodynia...Ok I beleive him and he is kind and really want to bring me back to a normal life again.

My symptoms to me feels like my urethra is always burning..and tissues around it , not so much the labia parts...if my urine is concentrated it burn to pee and it burns a lot for a good 15 minutes after...I get sharp jabs shooting here and there...when I'm really bad I had jabs in my butt...
In the morning things are somewhat calm down there but as the day progresses it get worse..
exercice is out of question for now..the more i walk the worse it is. Cant have anything rub me.

so are these symptoms like any of you girls...I just want some feedback so that I know I.\'m not going crazy and my head wounders everywhere.....
Thanks a bunch

Hi hun

I can get pain just about anywhere within the vulval area.

it is mainly the Vestibule part but over the last 6 months or so I have developed stinging and tenderness around the urethra. It got so bad once I had to take a good look lol and it looked red (Im not sure if it was suppossed to be lol as I had never really looked at that part before) and when I touched the tissues it was soooo stingy! It kinda comes and goes. but of course anything rubbing the area when it is sore, makes it flare up. Im gonna ask at my vulval clinic appt about this

I can relate your anxiety about the vulvodyina diagnosis. The problem is that the diagnosis is just a description of symptoms and doesn't indicate the cause, so we are always left wondering whether some underlying issue has been overlooked. I was sure when I was diagnosed that really I had a yeast infection, as I had exactly the same symptoms as when I had them many times before. However, the last test came back negative so it was diagnosed as vulvodynia. I've since read theories about candida (the cause of yeast infections) turning into its 'red form' and burrowing under the skin, continuing to cause irritation but leading to negative test results and I think this may be what's going on, as the symptoms still respond to antifungals (e.g. drinking cinnamon tea).

As to my symptoms: I get itching or burning pain (which increases with any kind of contact) around my vulva and anus. I also get lower abdominal pain and digestive discomfort at the same time usually. Sometimes I get the UTI-like symtoms around the urethra you describe when peeing also, it comes and goes.