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[LindaMiles]

can vagifem cause thrush? or could be I am back on antibiotics nightly for previous uti's only 1 x 50 mg feeling sore inside and itchy outside if i put cream like canesten itching stops on outside but soreness inside 

[Rose]

Oh god, after sex all the awful symptoms have come back after being okay for a while. Just want to scratch my bladder. Cystitis like symptoms, sweats etc. Just feel awful. Know that it probably is atrophy but can't use vagifem because of the side effects. Just want to get better. Has anyone found a solution without using oestrogen? I am already on HRT. Can't go on like this.

[Suzi Q]

Chick 1 a week is useless you may as well not use it at all
GO back to GP if you cant use it or to scared to use Vagifem
There are others Ovestin Orthogynest maybe theyd be better for you but HONEST 1 a week is as useless
AS a chocky tea pot its pointless xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Make an appt with GP have a god chat.
As for Thrush somnladies get it you could just be prone or maybe somethings up as in Big Thrush infection
Did you google go to other sites see if other ladies have reported thrush with Vagifem Ive had one or 2!

Rose wish I could help b ut if someone had developed a natural thing for Atrphy theyd be richer than BILL GATES
Go back to GP have a good talk there maybe something none of us know thats available
What about Ovestrin or Orthogynest they are diff preparatoons xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Rose]

Thanks for replying, Suzi Q. I wish that I was one of those women who can use vagifem etc. but I can't. Used one yesterday and have been on edge and unable to sleep. It makes me feel like I've taken double espressos and have a racing heart plus headache. I really wanted to talk to anyone having similar reactions because you feel like you are going mad. I have an appointment with a female doc who specializes in the menopause. I have to have blood tests done and then see her in two weeks. Meanwhile I'll just keep taking Ural and flinging any lube up my vagina that comes to hand! I just feel like moaning Minnie! This is something I didn't expect.

[Suzi Q]

First off stop URAL get Lemon Barley water its NATURAL and it works better drink 6/8 glasses daily
Second stop shoving things up your fanny ok infections can arise
Dont use soap anywhere on your body or fanny use water ONLY wash your hair in the sink
Take panadols for the pain WEar no kickers when you can and only Cotton ones daily
NO JEANS unless they are dead loose np panty liners take spare pair of knickers to work.
Go to chemist get Nilstatin over the counter thrush cream leaves canestin for dead
It also as a cream is lubricating its also great for rubbing outside the fanny as wel xxxxxxx
STOP SEX let your insides heal then go see GP as oyu say IM sorry you cant take Vagifem
BUT your not alone I did get headaches to start with not bad ones there for a couple of weeks
Racing heart could be Vagifem or fear are you anxiety? Talk to GP and also try to figure out
Did any of the symptoms happen before Vagiem and how are your nerves BIG HUGS SUZI Q xxx

[LindaMiles]

Hi Rose

hope things sort themselves out, must admit having issues and I am taking vagifem the irritation has re appeared its ugly head but not sure if its thrush as I had to start taking my antibiotics 1 x 50g nightly been back on them 6 days and started getting symptoms before vagifem I am doing the 2 week stint then down to 2 x 10mcg must admit a little anxious about dropping down but I have got to do it I had headaches initially been on it for 5 weeks now but originally not have the correct dosage specified to me it didn't work so had to start again.

I am having trouble sleeping though been awake Thursday night awake at 3.30am wide awake and again last night 2.40am  had the chance to go back to sleep around 6ish as on hols but it seems to be happen loads 
a little worried I go back to work in September  need to sort out sleep!!!

follow SUZI Q instructions she knows loads Lemon barley water has helped me in the past.

good luck hope you sort it, having to avoid sex is not fun especially when your body is saying yes but your common sense says NO  x

[Rose]

Hi Suzi Q and Chick, thanks for advice about lemon barley so will get that today. have been using Nilstain constantly since it was first suggested. Feel like an addict who goes from one chemist to another to buy the stuff as I've been using so much of it. I get dryness just inside my vagina, on the roof of it, so to speak then there is that itchy irritation when I need to wee. Wasn't anxious before and sex is hurried which is part of the problem, so no sex, thank you. I had been wondering if anyone else suffered from insomnia after using Vagifem/anything with oestrogen in it. Just feel like an idiot because I seem to be super sensitive to it. Now I know how the women who can't take HRT feel like. Without HRT it would be so much worse so thankful for small mercies. I did once read a message on this site from a woman who was suffering the same symptoms as me and that made me join the forum but never saw anything from her again. I suppose you give up if nothing can be done. Thanks again!

[Suzi Q]

Breath what your doing is magnifyng everything and making it into menopause not everything is OK xxxx

[Taz2]

Rose - it might be that she was better and so no longer posted.

Taz

[Hurdity]

Rose - have you tried orthogynest pessaries? They are very gentle and they do lubricate, as they ooze out overnight. Since they contain estriol not estradiol they are less likely to produce any side effects in sensitive women. Also for all of them (vaginal oestrogen preparations) - you do need to persist for two weeks and once the tissues are plumped up, then the amount being absorbed into the system is very small.

Hurdity x