Dear Anonymous,
I can totally relate to your post. My story is posted right above yours. I HIGHLY recommend reading "When Sex Hurts" by Andrew Goldstein and Irwin Goldstein. I waited for answers for 7.5 years, I stopped the pill after reading all of the posts on this site. I have to be honest and say I feel about 50% better off the pill. I think my provoked vestibulodynia is caused from 1) the pill and 2) recurrent yeast infections =( I had intercourse last night with my husband and it still hurt being off the pill. I have tried SO many treatments and I really want to avoid surgery. I tried the lidocaine shots and honestly, I htink it made me worse. You can call Dr Irwin Goldsteins office and he will do a free phone consult. I tried shots, antidepressent pills, gabapinten cream, lidocain on a cotton swab, ect. I still use lidocaine after sex because I burn so bad. Here is Irwin Goldstein's website : http://www.sandiegosexualmedicine.com/
Another website I HIGHLY recommend is http://cvvd.org/
Good luck to you. I agree..the first step is stopping the pill. Then, contact these doctors if you can and read the book. I read it in literally 2 hours. I sat and cried when I read it. It has all the answers.
Dawn
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Dear Anonymous,
December 22, 2011 - 9:05pmI can totally relate to your post. My story is posted right above yours. I HIGHLY recommend reading "When Sex Hurts" by Andrew Goldstein and Irwin Goldstein. I waited for answers for 7.5 years, I stopped the pill after reading all of the posts on this site. I have to be honest and say I feel about 50% better off the pill. I think my provoked vestibulodynia is caused from 1) the pill and 2) recurrent yeast infections =( I had intercourse last night with my husband and it still hurt being off the pill. I have tried SO many treatments and I really want to avoid surgery. I tried the lidocaine shots and honestly, I htink it made me worse. You can call Dr Irwin Goldsteins office and he will do a free phone consult. I tried shots, antidepressent pills, gabapinten cream, lidocain on a cotton swab, ect. I still use lidocaine after sex because I burn so bad. Here is Irwin Goldstein's website : http://www.sandiegosexualmedicine.com/
Another website I HIGHLY recommend is http://cvvd.org/
Good luck to you. I agree..the first step is stopping the pill. Then, contact these doctors if you can and read the book. I read it in literally 2 hours. I sat and cried when I read it. It has all the answers.
Dawn
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