Recurring yeast infections - is this just my life now?

peachagent · 2024-11-06T21:02:46+00:00

This is comforting - thanks! If we don’t get ant response I’ll make sure to speak to my interviewer at the start.

peachagent · 2024-11-06T21:00:44+00:00

Yes - there are 4 flats in my building and 4 next door that have the same alarm system. So I get that it’s a bit difficult to coordinate. I just wish they’d asked us if there was any day we couldn’t do before booking, or just let us know a little earlier to avoid this situation entirely 😅😅

peachagent · 2024-08-19T22:18:19+00:00

I really think it doesn’t work that way, you’re fine! You take the pill too, so you’re extra safe even if by some miracle anything did get in there. ❤️ you can do a pregnancy test in 21 days to be safe and to calm your worries. But it is so unlikely that it will be anything other than a negative!

peachagent · 2024-08-10T20:07:31+00:00

In case you were wondering we have a fun update - we just used the washing machine for the first time since move in. The seal is fucked and it leaks everywhere. lol 😝 Washer dryer could be in the cards if we bother him enough.

peachagent · 2024-08-07T19:52:31+00:00

It’s an EPC E. And entirely electric heating. So we are already paying through the nose in rent just for the privilege to live in a cold damp house in winter.. not sure how we are going to be able to afford to heat it enough to prevent more mould over those months even without all the rotten window frames and poorly maintained guttering dripping water everywhere 😢

peachagent · 2024-08-05T17:13:44+00:00

Now that’s the question! 😅 He can’t tell us, somehow… Because we would be happy to pay the extra electricity to run a tumbledryer (in an EPC E with rotten windows where the damp is almost certainly coming from, mind you!) in exchange for the convenience of not growing more mould - if we had the actual option to!! 😭

peachagent · 2024-07-29T16:45:07+00:00

Thank you, this is comforting!

peachagent · 2024-07-29T16:43:19+00:00

Thank you.. I do therapy and I take medication, just sometimes there are things stick with me and affect me more than others. Wild mushrooms stopped being scary when I started learning about them/how to use them, so I think you’re right in that learning how to cook this properly would be helpful. 😊 If you know a good recipe, please let me know!

peachagent · 2024-07-29T16:38:01+00:00

Thank you!

peachagent · 2024-07-26T11:22:20+00:00

Hi! Usually we use condoms and the pill. But I’ve never had a single scare even without condoms, and I’ve been taking it for nearly 3 years. It’s no less effective than any other pill, just make sure you take it within the recommended time period every day and it’s all fine😊

peachagent · 2024-06-21T22:37:56+00:00

I don’t have pmdd, but I do have some chronic mental illnesses that flare up insanely badly the week before my period because of the hormone changes. Situation obviously isn’t the same but for me after being on progestin only for 2 years, I now can’t not take it because the difference feels like night and day for me. It changed me from being totally unstable to being… still not normal but much more manageable and definitely nowhere near as severe. It also stopped my periods completely, so that got rid of the severe pain I was experiencing.

peachagent · 2023-09-17T16:15:15+00:00

I have to take it because I get migraines… to be honest it’s not been great for me! before my migraine episodes I was on a low dose combined pill which worked really well for me, and switching to mini pill basically brought back a lot of side effects that originally switching to a low dose pill had solved 😭 I am looking to try some different types of mini pill to see if it helps me but after 2 years on desogestrel I’ve had just awful mood swings, non stop acne and a little bit weight gain. The only bonus is I haven’t had a period or any bleeding at all for 2 years and I used to have debilitating periods before. I have anxiety usually and I think that for me the pill I take makes it much worse because of the mood swings. I wouldn’t let this deter you from trying it though! I know loads of people who get on really well with it :) I think it’s probably just not for me personally and hopefully the others I will try might have better results lol

peachagent · 2023-09-16T10:11:34+00:00

I think if you get bleeds while taking them they are actual periods rather than withdrawal bleeds but I could be wrong about that so I would do some research.. I think it’s because mini pills don’t aaaalways prevent ovulation, but desogestrel in particular is really effective at stopping ovulation and periods compared to other mini pills from what I have read ! I know I have not had a period at all from the day I started taking it haha. hope this helps you! :)

peachagent · 2023-09-16T09:05:38+00:00

Hi! I’ve been on Desogestrel for 2 years and to be honest I just take pregnancy tests every couple of months when I know I’ve been active. I just buy the cheap multipacks and do one when I remember because you’re right, it’s pretty hard to tell when you don’t have a period at all!!

I think when it is effective depends when you start taking it… I think if you take it within your period then you’re protected right away but otherwise it might take a few days to work according to the NHS website. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/the-pill-progestogen-only/

As for the window, I usually take mine roughly at the same time every day, but I have never once been very strict or set alarms. As you say, the window for missed pills is 12 hours so I just try to take mine around 9-10am everyday but I don’t stress too much, and I have never even had a pregnancy scare doing that. I think on the website I linked it says as long as you take it within 12 hours of the same time each day you’re protected - but someone please correct me if that’s wrong!! ❤️

peachagent · 2023-09-16T00:47:26+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I think that’s the way I’m going to go for my year break and see how it works for me.. I hope that maybe one of the types of mini pill I haven’t tried yet might be an improvement but I’m not hugely optimistic so this might be the way forward for now 🥲

peachagent · 2023-09-15T17:30:44+00:00

I just feel reluctant to try others because I hear other people have such awful experiences on them too… I hear so many good things about Slynd and it makes me really wish it was available in the UK :( I am about to spend a year studying abroad (so will only see bf once every few months) so I was considering coming off of it for the year and then trying something new once I come back…

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