I have never had a yeast infection before, but I think I have one now because I have the symptoms (itchy, redness, soreness, white discharge). I have never had one before so I don't know what could have caused it... I have been on kariva birth control for 2 years and never had a problem till now. Can that be the cause of it?? Even though I have been taking it for 2 years?? I have also been a little stressed lately, starting a new job and being far away from my boyfriend.
The problem is... I'm not on my own health insurance yet, so I'm still on my mom's. I told my mom about going to a doctor about this and she said I should wait a couple of days and if it gets worse then we could. She has never had a yeast infection before, and she felt uncomfortable talking about it with me.... she said just take over the counter medication...
I have been using vagisil, but i did some research and that doesn't cure yeast infections, just stops the itching. While it has done a great job with taking away the itching... I just want this stupid thing to go away! It's driving me crazy.
I bought Monistat 1 but I am afraid of using it because of all the side effect stories I have heard online... I can't have the side effects because I go to work almost every day and rarely get two days off in a row to recooperate...
I have no idea what to do!! Has anyone gone through the same problem?? I'm pretty sure it's a yeast infection but every site I go to says YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE... but I don't know if I can wait the 3 or 4 days my mom wants me to wait...
Sometimes the itching is not as intense. Like right now it's not that bad. But I have woken up in the middle of the night to such intense itching, I would not wish this upon anyone.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? Is there any other medication I can take that won't scare me like how monistat is...
Or is it better just to wait to go to the doctor...
The problem is... I'm not on my own health insurance yet, so I'm still on my mom's. I told my mom about going to a doctor about this and she said I should wait a couple of days and if it gets worse then we could. She has never had a yeast infection before, and she felt uncomfortable talking about it with me.... she said just take over the counter medication...
I have been using vagisil, but i did some research and that doesn't cure yeast infections, just stops the itching. While it has done a great job with taking away the itching... I just want this stupid thing to go away! It's driving me crazy.
I bought Monistat 1 but I am afraid of using it because of all the side effect stories I have heard online... I can't have the side effects because I go to work almost every day and rarely get two days off in a row to recooperate...
I have no idea what to do!! Has anyone gone through the same problem?? I'm pretty sure it's a yeast infection but every site I go to says YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE... but I don't know if I can wait the 3 or 4 days my mom wants me to wait...
Sometimes the itching is not as intense. Like right now it's not that bad. But I have woken up in the middle of the night to such intense itching, I would not wish this upon anyone.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? Is there any other medication I can take that won't scare me like how monistat is...
Or is it better just to wait to go to the doctor...