To Young For Vaginal Dryness?

[full time mom]

I Am A Single Mother Of 2. I Also Have Lupus. I Am Taking Leflunomide For My Lupus. I Have Also Taking Other Drugs In The Last 5 Years For My Lupus And Have Never Had This Problem. In The Last 3 Months I Have Had Vaginal Dryness And Redness. I Had A Pap Smear And Nearly Jumped Off The Table It Hurt So Bad. My Gyn Doctor Says It Is Because Of My Lupus Meds; The Are Drying Me Out And Thinning Out My Vaginal Wall. And She Suggest I Use A Gel For The Dryness. When I Used A Vaginal Moisturizer It Burned Like Crazy!!! I Haven't Had Sex In 2 Years So All My Std Test Came Back Normal And I Have Never Had An Std. I Am Only 32 Years Old I Cann't Go The Rest Of My Life Not Having Sex Because Of The Dryness And Redness And I Have To Take My Lupus Meds. Please Help My Rheumatologist Says I Have To Take This Medication Since The Rest Didn't Work, But The Side Effects Are Driving Me Nuts!

I have an autoimmune disease and in the past have had vulva/Vag. pain with intercourse, and urination. Urine analysis was neg. for infection. Urologist says he often sees this in person's with autoimmune diseases. Hydroxyzine
(atarax) and Doxepin BOTH used for treating my chronic urticaria have eliminated the pain.

As for the dryness. Has your Dr. checked for Sjogren's?

ask your doctor about topical estrogen for the genitals, it is used for women in menopause for dryness and lubrication. Don't know if itll help.

the pain that you experience during sex is due to friction while in urine is a little acidic so when it touches dry skin it burns, pretty much like squeezing lemon on wounds. there's a little help from lubricants during sex...but some finds it a little messy if they do work. and it doesn't solve the burning during peeing.try using replens, its hormone-free gel that moisturizes the vagina. replens will help keep the vagina naturally moist so it should help with the overall health of your vagina...you use it every three days so its more convenient...hope it helps!

I Am Only 21 Years Old And Have Expierenced The Same Thing, I Am Not Sure Where It Came From But Out Of The Blue I Had Horrible Pain After Sex, I Couldn't Have Sex For Longer Than A Minute. It Felt Like Someone Had Poured Acid Inside Me. I Had The Same Problems You Do. I Went To My Doctor And She Told Me To Get Replense (you Can Get It In Any Drug Store Near The Monistat) I Used For A Full Week As Perscribed And Felt So Much Better, I Can Now Have Enjoyable Sex. Although My Doctor Is Still Trying To Find Out What's Causing It Since I'm Young And I Do Not Take Other Medications...the Replense Is Helping For Now. She's Suggested I Use It For 3 Months Continiously To Restore The Vaginal Moisture.

I'm only 20 years old and I'm experiencing vaginal dryness. I don't know what to do about it. I've been using KY of all sorts, the natural feeling kind and others, and they help. I want to be able to be spontaneous with sex though and cannot with me being so dry down there. Me and my boyfriend have plenty of foreplay, but I still do not get wet down there. I can't figure out what's wrong and every time I look up vaginal dryness on the web it comes up with stuff about menopause and premenopause, but I'm too young to be dealing with that right?

I am also 20 years old and have a problem with vaginal dryness. When I google 'vaginal dryness in young women', I only read about dryness caused by menopause or premenopause. This started this past February after have chronic panic attacks for 3 months. Even before I decided to go on anti-anxiety meds, I still could not get wet during foreplay or enough for sex. I can't be spontaneous with sex with my boyfriend anymore. We use lubricants but I'm very self concious about the dryness because it happened out of no where! I don't know what to do. Replense only works for a couple days at a time. What can I do to make the dryness stop?! Please help us!! =]

[mereb]

Unless you're fully relaxed and not freaking out about why you're not "wet" down there, you're going to be tensing up your pelvic/vaginal muscles. It's an endless cycle. When you are fully relaxed and can actually enjoy sex, you'll produce the needed lubrication. If you need a little extra lubrication, I'd go with Astroglide. It doesn't burn like KY does, esp. if you have any cuts from toilet paper or friction from prior jaunts; KY will burn like lemon in a wound.

But the number one thing is RELAX. Until you do this, you'll be clamped up down there like a fist. And if you force it, it will hurt/create friction, you'll clinch up even more and it's an endless cycle.

i went in for my regular pap and was perscribed flaggyl for BV, they gave me to high of a dose which made me sick, dizzy, hot. since then i have felt inflamed, burning, pain and occasional spotting, could this be vaginal dryness? i went back to the dr and they said treat as yeast infection, but i have had that before that is not it and i did the treatment anyways and got no result. she wouldnt give me an actual test either.whats going on??

[mereb]

Originally Posted by unregistered

i went in for my regular pap and was perscribed flaggyl for BV, they gave me to high of a dose which made me sick, dizzy, hot. since then i have felt inflamed, burning, pain and occasional spotting, could this be vaginal dryness? i went back to the dr and they said treat as yeast infection, but i have had that before that is not it and i did the treatment anyways and got no result. she wouldnt give me an actual test either.whats going on??

Did you have any alcohol? That is one anti-biotic you're supposed to stay away from any alcohol or it will make you violently sick. Have you had BV before or was there some other symptom that made your doctor think you had a bacteria infection?

Try taking a probiotic - Whole Foods carries a great one that has a higher probiotic count than you can get at a CVS - it's called Florajen3 (has 15 Billion cultures); it will run you about $12. ALWAYS take a probiotic when you take an anti-biotic because the risk of getting a yeast infection can be fairly high, especially with a high dose anti-biotic.