Acidophilus rocks!

[mightypen.livejournal.com]

Many thanks to the person who posted the acidophilus tabs up the yaa-yaa (my fave term for it...) as a cure for yeast infections. I was not hip to that and I have to say I do believe I've been liberated. Liberated! Between the pill and antibiotics from a throat infection, I got on the yeast train around August 2001 and didn't get off until I tried the acidophilus thing last week. Quick, easy, inexpensive and, so far, effective. Thanks again.

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[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

In August? 4 months with yeast problems? Ouch! You must have tried everything - I know I would have. I'm glad the acidophilous helped.

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[mightypen.livejournal.com]

The yeast infection was recurrent, not just a long, steady four months. Surely I would have chucked myself off a building by now had that been the case. There really was no good reason for it though. I got tested for everything, from diabetes to HIV, allergies, etc. Everything came up negative. So yes, I'm glad the acidophilus seems to work (along with a diet drastically reduced in sugar, my beloved bubble baths and scented laundry detergent). Bottom line is that some women are more subsceptible than others and I happen to be one of them.

You basically have to do exactly what we're doing -- which is to share information and get pro-active about your own reproductive health.

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine had a systemic yeast infection that lasted two years. she finally got it cured through acupuncture, of all things.

what got me to seek natural medicine stuff is a messed up menstrual cycle. i had always been regular, but then suddenly it was 5 weeks, then 6, then 7, and then it was 9 weeks and i still hadn't bled. all the pregnancy tests came out negative, so i was really freaking out about what might be wrong. to this day, i haven't gotten a really good answer. i finally induced my period with parsely tea, which worked after 5 cups. imagine my surprise that i could *gasp* actually control this thing that i had always just had to wait for?

right at the same time, i was changing a lot of other things in my life that also cured the weird cycles. i went on a low-carb diet for weight loss (i've lost more than 50 pounds in a year, go me!), started drinking 1-3 liters of water a day, started excersizing (however the hell you spell that), and bought the awesome books on women's reproductive health from the feminist women's health centers. it combined to make me a lot healthier than i have been pretty much at any point previously in my life. now when i have a problem, the first thing i do is search the web for natural remedies.

[amylynn.livejournal.com]

two years? oh, good god. I had one for a week once and thought I'd just die. (that was my first and, thank goodness, only one so far... it would've gone away in 3-4 days but I took a few days to make sure that it really truly was yeast before I treated it...)

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

I get regular yeast infections and I went shopping for the acidophilus. What size pills did you buy?

[mightypen.livejournal.com]

I bought the first capsules I got my hands on at the supermarket. It's Nature's Valley Acidophilus Plus and I think it was around $5.99.

[lovebeads.livejournal.com]

I did that and it made it worse
My pills cost around 20$ a bottle..
maybe I got the wrong thing!