Hi,
Of course I'm not an MD and not allowed to offer 'medical advice'... but from my own humble opinion (truly humble and only experienced from myself, research, etc)-- I DEFINITELY believe there is a link from the pill to Vulvodynia. There are studies that have shown this... and I have heard studies that don't show this. I know I should look them up and copy them here... but I'm somewhat short on time.... so I will just promise to post them as I come across them again! I'm pretty sure the last one I saw came directly off the vulvodynia.com tutorial for docs. Having said that, vulvodynia is such a variable condition caused by SO many things... and experienced in variant ways.. so your case of V may be caused by something totally different. This is because in reality they are probably different diseases altogether, Science just hasn't classified them yet.. and lumps all "currently unexplained" V-pain into one category. I suppose it depends on how bad your case is, whether or not you want to try to come off the pill. I can tell you for sure that even after coming off the pill... it would take much more than 2 months.... It took me almost a year to get my period back, and then at least a year before I could get it regular and V-pain reduced. Other women take longer, and there's a part of me that wonders if I will ever fully recover from the hormone imbalance fragility, even as I've gotten the V-pain under control/cured. It's sure that the pill does not affect women as negatively as others, but as far as I can tell... it's also sure that other women (more sensitive, more susceptible, diff genes, whatever) ARE really affected negatively. If you do the vitamins for at least 3 months, take note of your v-pain levels every day as well as your cycle length... and any other hormonal symptoms.. like menstrual pain (cramps, headaches, breast pain, etc). This may all help you define hormone problems vs something else. I wish I could be of more help... please continue to research and ask questions here and everywhere.. we HAVE to help each other. This can be one of the most physiologically debilitating diseases... and can end up taking such a psychological toll too. [email protected]
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April 29, 2009 - 11:13amOf course I'm not an MD and not allowed to offer 'medical advice'... but from my own humble opinion (truly humble and only experienced from myself, research, etc)-- I DEFINITELY believe there is a link from the pill to Vulvodynia. There are studies that have shown this... and I have heard studies that don't show this. I know I should look them up and copy them here... but I'm somewhat short on time.... so I will just promise to post them as I come across them again! I'm pretty sure the last one I saw came directly off the vulvodynia.com tutorial for docs. Having said that, vulvodynia is such a variable condition caused by SO many things... and experienced in variant ways.. so your case of V may be caused by something totally different. This is because in reality they are probably different diseases altogether, Science just hasn't classified them yet.. and lumps all "currently unexplained" V-pain into one category. I suppose it depends on how bad your case is, whether or not you want to try to come off the pill. I can tell you for sure that even after coming off the pill... it would take much more than 2 months.... It took me almost a year to get my period back, and then at least a year before I could get it regular and V-pain reduced. Other women take longer, and there's a part of me that wonders if I will ever fully recover from the hormone imbalance fragility, even as I've gotten the V-pain under control/cured. It's sure that the pill does not affect women as negatively as others, but as far as I can tell... it's also sure that other women (more sensitive, more susceptible, diff genes, whatever) ARE really affected negatively. If you do the vitamins for at least 3 months, take note of your v-pain levels every day as well as your cycle length... and any other hormonal symptoms.. like menstrual pain (cramps, headaches, breast pain, etc). This may all help you define hormone problems vs something else. I wish I could be of more help... please continue to research and ask questions here and everywhere.. we HAVE to help each other. This can be one of the most physiologically debilitating diseases... and can end up taking such a psychological toll too. [email protected]
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