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» Gabapentin Gel. or other topical creams
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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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My Husband Is Upset About Our Lack Of Sex Life

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Post  viollette Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:43 pm

Hi just wanted to somehow vent about my problem my husband is upset about our lack of sex life.I think he thinks i use my condition as an excuse not to have sex i really do try sometimes i don't even tell him i am in pain while we are having sex.I am really frustrated i try to talk to my friends about my problem but they don't really understand.I think the people who really understand are woman who suffer with this condition .Sometimes i feel like less of a woman because of this condition.I have been on different anti depressants some have helped with the pain but then gave me really bad heart burn now i am on bupropion and it is not helping at all i am burning really bad down there i try to use lidocaine ointment but it burns.I am afraid to let my Dr. know that yet another medicine is not helping the lady who deals with filling my perscription is starting to get snippy with me i can't help that the medicine is not working.I try to keep positive but it's really hard to when i am in such pain.

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Post  naomi Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:46 pm

hey chick!

perfect place to vent on here Smile

ask ur husband if he fancies dipping his penis in acid and then sand down with sandpaper...then ask him if he feels horny/sexual and up for a bit of nookie!!!! Honestly, men can be so insensistive!!!

have u considered going to a couple counseller thing? i tried to get my ex to go but he should little interest, so i got rid of him...waste of space Smile

its so hard getting into the mindset of sexy time when i hate sex!!....with a passion Smile when something causes u so much pain and discomfort why would u do it?! you wouldnt poke urself in the eye for pleasure would you, it friggin kills!!

hope ur ok chick.

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Post  Mouse Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:41 pm

Hey there,

I hate to drop the C word BUT it always comes down to communication. Would some couples therapy help? Do you have a therapist? Get talking to some people, find a support network (as well as us!) and don't carry all the burden yourself.

As for the lady in the pharmacy I wouldn't be putting up with any nonsense from her. She's paid to fill prescriptions for people who are unwell. If she has an issue with it ... tell her to go $%&$ herself affraid Honestly!!! Call her on it if it happens again.

Take care.
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Post  lisadoc Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:35 am

hi
i totally understand, i endured 2 yrs of excruciating painful sex trying to keep hubby happy until i couldn't stand it any longer. i too sometimes feel like less of a woman and there is something wrong with me and hate having to always try sex when it's on my terms, i miss the spontaneity of it all but now i talk about it a lot more with my husband and he very understanding. to be honest i think as long as i keep him happy in other ways ( sorry if too much info) he's ok. i have started seeing a physio and to be honest even after only one session i think there is a tiny bit of relief, she said my whole pelvic floor was in total spasm. i really hope it's helping as i want to try for another baby soon and want to be able to enjoy it lol.

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Post  julesywoolsy Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:14 pm

Hi. This is my first time posting on here. I was diagnosed with Vulvodynia 3 weeks ago after visits to GP's, Gynaecologists and Dermatogolists for the past 4 years. I've tried talking to people about what before was undiagnosed pain but reading posts on here, I'm glad i've found a bunch of like minded ladies cheers !

I really sympathise with you on this topic. I used to try and pretend the pain wasn't there when I was having sex but that caused the problem that now the thought of anything remotely sex related makes me feel sick with panic! Sometimes I think my partner does understand but then othertimes it's clear that he doesn't really understand and is pretty clueless about how I feel. Then again why would he because he hasn't experienced any of it. I have tried to explain things to him but actually it just makes me feel even more useless and pathetic. I don't know about anyone else, but over the last couple of years at least my self-confidence has taking a battering and it's only now that I know what the problem is that I realise that I need to sort it out.

Plan is.........pester the local GP to refer me for some counselling (as it is very expensive to go private Exclamation ) and make use of the services that I pay (lots of) tax for.

I'm feeling better already Very Happy

x J x



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Post  Sarah001 Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:13 pm

I get what you're saying completely, my ex used to imply I was making it up to get out of sex even though I have visibly inflamed skin if he'd care to look and horrendously tight pelvic floor muscles! He also had blow jobs and hand jobs on tap but it still wasn't enough for him. Men are so selfish alot of the time. Evil or Very Mad
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Post  viollette Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:36 pm

Hi, i totally agree men can be very selfish when it comes to sex my husband say's that my condition affects him but it's really hard to feel bad for him and his lack of getting any.This condition only affects him when he wants sex this condition affects my whole life not just my sex life which i really don't have any interest in anyway.

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Post  Helpwithpain Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:01 pm

I just found this site (and just posted my first blog hoping someone will tell me i'm not the only wierd person here) I often times "pretend" it doesnt hurt either but my fiance always seems to know. I am feeling more and more terrible as I really do want to be with him (when we first starting having sex it was amazing) but now I honestly almost panic at the thought - but than am torn because i feel like i should want to.

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Post  lisadoc Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:02 am

thats what i did too most of the time , pretend i had no pain but only made things worse as now my pelvic floor is in total spasm but am getting physio and seems to be helping but have not tried to have sex yet but am hoping it will be a lot less painful when we do. its so hard isnt it, the amount of times i have just lay there wishing it was just all over but you know men , try to keep it going all night lol. has def helping talking a lot more about it to my husband, am hoping we get back to the sex we had when we first met which was great , i often wonder how i ended up with this pain!!

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Post  Zazu Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:26 pm

Welcome to the forum It's been a huge support to me and the ladies on here are just wonderful! I can relate to both your comments, especially about having sex with your partner/fiance. I'm 25 and have moved from vulvar vestibulitis (also called provoked vestibulodynia or localized vulvodynia) - the one where penetration feels like burning stabbing pain - to also having more generalized, unprovoked vulvodynia. We haven't been able to have sex for over a year now as the pain is too unbearable.
We saw a really great sex therapist/couples' counsellor together and here are some thoughts about it all that I learned. First, it's important to stop trying to have intercourse if it's painful - especially for a set period of time. Take it off the table for, let's say a couple of weeks or a month. Otherwise, you'll begin to associate intimacy with pain, crying and loss and this can have more than just a psychological impact - many women with vulvodynia end up with vaginismus if they repeatedly have painful sex. Your muscles seize up in anticipation of the pain - it only makes sense. Second, try to make specific time for intimacy. We have this myth in our society that if it's not spontaneous it's not genuine - but when you have chronic pain, it's the loving thing to do. Finally, when you are intimate, explore 'outercourse' (foreplay). Most men are perfectly happy with what hands and lips can do. More importantly, it's not really lovemaking if it's causing one person extreme pain, is it? Then, you can gradually reintroduce intercourse if you're able to - but only at those times when you're really aroused, not having a flare up and know it won't hurt. Finally, counseling is really helpful!!
A pelvic floor physiotherapist will help you the most with sex. Hope those thoughts were a bit helpful!
Best to you!
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Post  sadone Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:22 pm

I can definitely relate to you and your problem with your husband. Fortunately, my boyfriend understands my pain and does not pressure me to have sex. I'm a new member to this forum, so I hope it's okay to post here. Smile.

Anyway, my boyfriend and I were engaged, but he pretty much has called it off now. Primarily because we have not figured out a way around my problem. He has given me two choices. Excuse the explicitness, but it needs to be said. He basically has said that he can only get pleasure from two other activities- anal or oral. Anal is definitely out in my book. I'm sure that would be terrible and painful. I can't imagine it being any fun at all- it scares me. The other option is oral, and I guess I can do it, but he knows it's not something that I like.

He says there's no other choice. I feel like I have to do it though, or risk losing him.

He wasn't like this before. He was understanding and sweet and kind. Now, I feel (granted it's been many months) that this whole relationship hinges on what I can do to please him. It makes me feel like dirt. It makes me feel unloved. I feel like I don't have a choice now, though.

I'd be willing to do other things, and would like to. I have a normal drive, but nothing else will satisfy him. He says we have to make sacrifices when we love someone. He's making a sacrifice by forgoing PIV sex, and I suppose I must make a sacrifice to do something I don't like.

Please don't tell me that if he loved me, he wouldn't be putting on these conditions. I have been around the block enough with men who loved me, and eventually this always becomes a stumbling block.

I don't see any other alternative except to do what he wants. I will be seeing a therapist to discuss this as well.

Is there anything else people on here do that is satisfying for the man? I am easily satisfied with just about anything, but I would never ask him to do something he didn't want. And I'm happy to go without, because this illness has made it such that I can turn myself on or keep myself off. It's not important.

I just want companionship. And I'm tired of this always being a stumbling block.

Many thanks to anyone who has any advice. I've been crying every day and feeling rather desperate and like an object.

I'm not sure how much more I can take. Thank you, sad_one

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Post  naomi Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:21 pm

"Please don't tell me that if he loved me, he wouldn't be putting on these conditions. I have been around the block enough with men who loved me, and eventually this always becomes a stumbling block"

I'm sure its just his frustrations talking and he cant mean what he says.

Ive always said to my partner that if he ever tried to do the "we all have to make sacrifices and do things we dont want to do" emotional shite then we knows where the door is, my last ex tried to do that with me and i got so fed up with it all, its tiring enough dealing with this as it is!!

Def talk to ur head doctor/therapist as they will def explain to you that it is no wonder u r upset and feeling like an object.

With regards to anal/oral... oral still doesnt appeal to me...i personally find it rank, even the thought of someone going down on me...minging!! unless of course ive only just had a bath. But still....ewwwwwww.

anal...i sort of started to do that before my condition got to this state, for a previous ex. it is good, and only ever found it painful when i used KY jelly and not baby oil. Baby oil is far better...but make sure you give him a hand job first with heaps of the stuff.

I was only just saying to my head doc that i feel numb to any sexual desire and could easily go without sex or fondling etc etc. Id rather watch a good telly programme with a cuppa. and her response was.. "well of course you would, it hurts like buggery and the aftermath of infections is just not worth the hassle or heartache"

does ur partner know exactly what this does to you, symptoms, how u feel, see you upset? or are you good at hiding it and to show u r strong? could he go to your therapy session with you one week? so u can open up with an advocate there.
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Post  Sarah001 Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:36 pm

I'm with naomi on this one and frankly calling off the relationship if you won't do something you don't want to isn't a show of love! I do also see how this condition creates problems, my ex (if you've read the thread I'm sorry I'm repeating myself) had hand jobs and blow jobs whenever he wanted, oral doesn't bother me and I'd actually rather give then receive but it didn't make him stay and he left me anyway because he couldn't have "a normal life" with someone who couldn't have penetrative sex so even doing other things doesn't guarantee they'll stick around. Harsh I know but it depends on how much you don't want to do the other stuff. I do think you should both go to therapy together and talk it through, please do bear in mind though that if you decide to compromise and give head it doesn't mean it will satisfy him long term so think carefully about how you'd feel if you did that and then he left anyway, you don't want to make yourself feel used in the longterm. Also if he does stick around will the compromise make you resent him? Difficult I know but sometimes it is better to let them leave and spend time on yourself instead.

I would also rather have a glass of wine and watch T.V than sex naomi! I've become literally sex drive free thanks to the pain and the medication for it that isn't even working well. It's a single life for me for the time being, can't be doing with men's selfish horse shit! Evil or Very Mad
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Post  sadone Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:26 pm

Thanks Naomi and Sarah,

You don't know what a relief it is to get some responses from you. I swear my non-V friends don't get this at all.


I can't tell you how much your responses mean to me. I've been a wreck for the last week. This all came up after he talked to his therapist who informed him that he was afraid he was "losing his sexual identity". Wow, that made me feel REAL good. Sad ... I can relate to all you are saying. I used to not mind oral so much in the past, but my partner at them time was satisfied with either oral or a hand-job. Oral was not my favorite thing, but I did for him- it was better than the pain of PIV sex.Even so, he always begged for PIV sex, and I gave in a few times. Back then, my gyn said I was normal, so I don't know if I had this condition or not then. Back then, I had pain with sex, but sometimes I didn't. Who knows?

Well, it just sucks (no pun intended) because the guy is not being asked to participate in any activity that scares him or he really doesn't like. If the tables were turned, I can't imagine getting any pleasure from my partner doing something he didn't want.

Thanks, Naomi for supporting how I feel like an object. My therapist did not really empathize with that, she just kept saying that this is not my problem, but something to be dealt with in couples therapy because the conversations are getting too volatile. He is willing to go to couples therapy, so that is my next step.

I can relate to the "rank" feeling Naomi. I feel the same way. I could probably do it if I were tanked on some GOOD drugs!

Sarah- I admire your strength through all of this, and I had the same thought, that a person you loved would not say such things.

Then again, my therapist says it's his frustration talking.

It must be, because sometimes he's so kind and understanding and other times he yells at me. He was not like this at all before. And now after he gets irritated with me, he apologizes. But this rollercoaster ride is extremely hurtful.

And, Sarah, I did give in(but it wasn't giving in really- cause I liked it!) to hand jobs and oral with another bf (ex now), and he was satisfied with both. And we both had pleasureable "outercourse". Even though, oral was not my favorite thing, it didn't bother me like it does now. He always pressured me for PIV sex though, and at the time my gyn said nothing was wrong with me, but it still hurt. Now, many years later, giving into penetration with another boyfriend left me with chronic pain, and so now I have an official diagnosis of VVS.

Well he is willing to go with me to couples therapy and my therapist has suggested keeping this topic off the table until we go, because it is getting volatile.

Naomi, he knows how upset it makes me. I've been crying hysterically. Sad This is so unlike me. I guess having gone through so many men and dealing with this, I'm at a loss. However, this is the first boyfriend I've had that knows I have this diagnosis.

Before, I was undiagnosed and so they all thought something was just wrong with me in the head. Stupid medical profession!

Ugh! I wish I could be as strong as you Sarah. I was once. Now I feel beaten up- ever since the pain became chronic.

And I'd happily give up a sex life too. However, I still can have a decent drive. But not with this kind of pressure...

thanks for letting me vent...

I've been in pieces lately. Better now, that I know he'll go to therapy with me though, but still SCARED Sad

I just want companionship,






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Post  sadone Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:34 pm

Just throwing out a question-

what other sexual things have any of you been able to do with men?

it would be nice if there was something, we could both be happy with?

what is the name of that sex toy- the one women with V use and put between the legs?

I have to say my bf is willing to be creative, and he has never ever pressured me into PIV sex.

I still feel like sh#t. This all needs to be discussed in couples therapy. Where did my kind, understanding, sweet boyfriend go? The one who said that sex was not that impt to him- it was his love for me that would sustain him.

Testosterone crept in and stole him away from me... Sad

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Post  Meleena23 Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:06 am

I dont know if this is the right thread for my problem, just like all of you Girls, My husband is upset too, coz i dont like having sex with him. because everytime his penis gets in, i feel like i get stabbed by a very sharp knife. and after our sex, and i washed up .. it stings a lot..
I don't know if i had this VV thing on me, coz i still didnt went to see a doctor..
sometimes i have vaginal itchiness and i get so dry..

Is using pantyliner everyday can cause itchiness?

pls i need ur help on this

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