I am 21 years old and was just diagnosed with vestibulodynia this summer. They gave me lidocaine and also an antidepressant. I quit the antidepressant because it was making me so apathetic that I stopped doing my coursework. The lidocaine stings a lot when I use it. But the vestibulodynia doesn't seem to be the only problem. I don't desire sex at all. And I'm increasingly more angry and humiliated that I don't. I'm in a solid relationship, and he wants to get married, but this is a bad start. I'm glad this condition is getting more national attention, I was lucky at least to get a correct diagnosis the very first time I went to see a doctor about it. There's a specialist, Dr. Hope Haefner, now becoming internationally recognized. Apparently she not only treats the condition but gives psychological help to the women who've been dealing with it. She's booked up for the next 6 months.
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I am 21 years old and was just diagnosed with vestibulodynia this summer. They gave me lidocaine and also an antidepressant. I quit the antidepressant because it was making me so apathetic that I stopped doing my coursework. The lidocaine stings a lot when I use it. But the vestibulodynia doesn't seem to be the only problem. I don't desire sex at all. And I'm increasingly more angry and humiliated that I don't. I'm in a solid relationship, and he wants to get married, but this is a bad start. I'm glad this condition is getting more national attention, I was lucky at least to get a correct diagnosis the very first time I went to see a doctor about it. There's a specialist, Dr. Hope Haefner, now becoming internationally recognized. Apparently she not only treats the condition but gives psychological help to the women who've been dealing with it. She's booked up for the next 6 months.
November 25, 2009 - 5:27pmThis Comment
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