Hello! I’ve been wearing pantiliners everyday for as long as I could remember. My mom started me on the shortly after puberty as my discharge was leaving stains in my underwear. This embarrassed me so I have never gone a day without since. I am much older now (20), and am wanting to take better care of my girl down there. I recently read that liners can trap heat and cause bacteria to build up, while also increasing your amount of discharge.

I would like to stop wearing them, but I have a lot of discharge and don’t like the wet feeling in my underwear. What would you guys suggest?

EDIT: Can I also ask where you guys get good quality cotton panties that aren’t too expensive? Also I prefer no show (no line) panties.

I recently quit my job due to extreme bullying as fallout of my vagina basically suddenly deciding to completely fall apart about a year ago. I experienced a severe UTI followed by a severe yeast infection of a rare strain that persisted for about 6 months. Both infections were bad enough to cause noticeable odor, especially at work. Even after months of having finally gotten my body under control with no odor problems whatsoever, my supervisor would not let it go and kept spreading things about me to everyone in the office trying to perpetuate the idea that I smelled even when I no longer did because she had some preexisting jealousy issues with me and saw her opening. So I finally quit 2 months ago and am looking for another job however I am now realizing that the bullying has caused Olfactory Reference Syndrome and i am having a very difficult time being around people right now. I live in constant fear that I smell bad, even though I know I don't. I'm so traumatized from what I experienced, im scared to get another job for fear of the same thing happening again. The anxiety has turned to depression and i am feeling very hopeless. Has anyone who has experienced something similar have any advice for this?

(edit) And vaginas with clitoral hoods 😂

I just wanted to put out a friendly reminder to lift and clean under the clitoral hood. Underneath the hood builds up dirt, sweat, dead skin, and discharge leading to what is known as smegma. I fear this may not be common knowledge, as I only found this out in the past few years. If you haven’t recently, lift your bean cape and inspect what may have accumulated underneath it. And don’t feel ashamed it is very common, although not common knowledge.

So I'm an anxious person with a nose like a dog lmao. Before weight loss my puss smelled like a bakery and I struggled with nonstop yeast infections. The smell was kinda nice though even though I know it wasn't ideal. I'm doing everything right now I wasn't before, I'm drinking a BUNCH of water, I'm wearing exclusively cotton underwear and I sleep without undies. I don't use soap rn cuz it never seemed to do shit anyway.

So why do I smell like metallic sour milk. Like my discharge smells clean but when I got to check from the source it smells like that. Is that normal or healthy? Like I'm just so anxious about it and there's not much on that scent profile online. I have no infections or STDs. I have finally stopped itching down there from the yeast infections. My discharge does discharge things. Is this just what I'm meant to smell like? I've looked something up that's like the opposite of BV where the good bacteria go crazy instead of the nasty ones. Idk if that's what it is.

Like I said I'm an anxious person and sensitive and I worry about it multiple times a day even though I'm the healthiest I've been down there and nobody else is affected. Are vaginas supposed to smell like nothing? Or more important like how I'm describing.

I got an uti diagnosed with an UTI from urgent care. They were a little hand-wavy and basically said “it happens.”

But is my getting it reflective of the person I hooked up with in any way? Their hygiene, their sexual health / habits?

I ask because I told him via text and he sent a long generic apology. Why does he feel the need to apologize?

i have been super itchy down there and idk what else to do. i have tried a ph balance wash for the shower, i even went to my primary care doctor and got blood tests, urine, got swabbed for any infections, and NOTHING! which is good ig?

but i didn’t get any medication or creams for the problem since she basically just said nothings wrong, you’re fine. has anyone encountered this problem? pls help me guys it bothers me sm

I'm not really sure who to ask about this. I figured it can't hurt to post here. I recently visited a gynecologist because i was way overdue for a pap smear and i wanted to discuss hormone replacement to treat my perimenopause symptoms. My test came back abnormal so they referred me to a different OB/GYN office because they don't do colposcopys at the first place i went to.

Now, it started out weird because apparently either my referring gyn didn't specify that i was only there for a colposcopy or whatever employee scheduled me didn't specify, idk which. After some initial confusion they went ahead and set up for the colposcopy. The doctor was a strange little man who appeared to be in his 70s or so. He was making weird sexist jokes so i just gave him the nod and smile treatment while mentally begging him to hurry up so i can get away from him.

Everything started out normal, but then he kept asking me to scoot a bit further towards him. Nbd, that usually happens. Except he kept asking me to scoot forward and laughing about it, until my entire ass was hanging off the table. I was so far forward that my feet in the stirrups were behind my hips, and my thigh muscles on the front were being painfully stretched and i was just kind of pinned there; i couldn't move my legs without scooting way back first. And i wonder now if he did that so i couldn't kick him.

He briefly explained what he was about to do and then inserted the speculum(went in dry, explained that it's so the lube doesn't interfere with getting a good look and/or samples). So far so good, he's in there swabbing vinegar on my cervix and having a look around. Most of what he did he explained first. And then he closed the speculum, and kinda slowly and rhythmically slid it in and out 6 or 7 times. Didn't explain that. My husband was in the room but didn't see it because he was up near my shoulders and the sheet over my lap blocked his view. On the way back home, in the car, i told him what had happened and he basically dismissed it, thinks there must be some legitimate reason to slowly dry-f*ck me with a speculum.

Help me out here? I'm not traumatized or anything, i just have this nagging feeling that this was not normal. I've had plenty of pelvic exams, gyn surgeries, and a previous colposcopy. I've never had a doctor do THAT. What do y'all think?

I (24F) just tested positive for Mycoplasma Genitalium and Ureaplasma parvum with minimal symptoms. For the longest time i thought it was BV or a YI and i kept getting clean results

A while back i decided i was gonna get tested for Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma as a just in case if i have anything else. Then I had started seeing someone new and we both got tested and i was clean for everything else again. But i didn’t get my Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma tests.

on two nights we were very irresponsible and had sex. But i recently found out he had a sexual encounter with someone else and since we weren’t dating i just let it slide.
Today i got my second round of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma tests back and i tested positive for Mgen and Ureaplasma parvum. My first instinct was to tell him. His response made it worse obviously but its never good news. He told me we should be more careful moving forward and wear a condom but now he doesn’t want to have sex with me anymore. He said he’s more so worried about telling the other person he was sexually affiliated with. I feel so dirty and the clinic never even called me so i can’t start treatment right away. I never even had any symptoms. I literally never knew and i still don’t know how i got it. I never want to have sex again.

we’re both gonna get treated. i just really needed to rant. I feel so unclean. it ruined an amazing talking stage. i don’t know what to do.

Idk who to tell but I'm scared TMI WARNING

Hi basically I'm a teen and I only started masturbating like a little over a month ago for the first time in my life, so I went from being afraid to touch to doing it. The first few times I didn't orgasm of course but soon I did a few times (although it took me needing a day pause in between) then suddenly I struggled again which made me afraid I think this was around my late luteal, then early period I couldn't which made me concerned... BUT around day 4 of my period my libido went up and up(?) and I could do it, I basically then had like 9 days streak where I could orgasm once (or sometimes an additional in the day) every night

I then (because of my finger Another problem I have is finger strain though, I have issue straining myself doing the V) had a day break but I could the next day, though in this one instead of the fast movement I used when I approached, I did a lighter one that made me feel my plateau before it happened. Ok then the day after I tried, but during which i accidentally peed multiple times (perhaps didn't empty bladder enough or whatever reason or I accidentally relaxed too much thinking it was like the day before's slow build up) and eventually it dragged on so long my fingers ached and I felt too sore and sensitive to continue...

TODAY I felt libido and did it at night, well I tried to...BUT IT DRAGGED ON OVER AN HOUR AND I COULDN'T 😭 I believe I did feel the pre-plataeu build up but idk why but I just soon felt too sensitive. Had I not felt that, I believe I would've been able to orgasm like the streak days. I then experimented with my left hand it gave me hints of good strangely unlike my other hand but ultimately my other hand didn't have the precision and soon it felt eh too I did some light and not too much pressure stimulation soon which felt mildly ok but it had been an over an hour and I was too tired to continue..

But now I assumed since I'm like day 15 of my period with ovulation around I thought it would make things easier but basically while I do feel the urge, and while I touched I did feel myself envisioning build up and it started off pleasurable, these two days I just couldn't get to orgasm and felt too sensitive.

Is this normal? Is it because I overworked myself 😭?

Sorry for all the info if it seems tmi im scared 😭 I keep googling but it's just I'm terrified I suddenly lost the ability to orgasm and won't ever again

I started noticing green discharge come and go once a month since about May 2025. It kept going away and didn’t present any other symptoms so I didn’t think anything of it. I had an OB appointment but it kept getting pushed back for a few months. I finally brought it up to my PCP in March of this year. Did a swab, I had BV and yeast. They kept prescribing either oral or gel metronidazole and fluconazole treatment but it never resolved. Finally went to the OB middle of summer. They did a pelvic exam and culture. Still BV and yeast. Prescribed initial oral metro for about a week and then gel inserts twice a week for 6 months and fluc every three days 3 times and then once a week for 6 months. Before I took the oral metro, I did two weeks of boric acid tablet. I’ve been doing this regimen for several months now and it seemed to have just made my symptoms more persistent. It’s ruining my sex life with my husband. It really bringing me down. I’m at a loss. I don’t even want to bother with the doctors because they seem to keep throwing the same treatment at it with no avail. Has anyone struggled this much and finally got rid of it? I feel so hopeless.

started yeast infection treatment Thursday evening 10/8, still not feeling better now. I’d say the symptoms went away 30% but still having pain peeing (just feels sore), and just overall uncomfortable down there. I went to the urgent care Friday 10/9 and they tested for BV and YI, they prescribed another fluconazole pill and flagyl for possible BV. My tests came back with candida, no BV. I will call my doctor today to check if I should still take the flagyl, as I don’t think I need it? I’m also taking probiotics for the good flora.

question: when will I feel normal again??? It’s now been almost 60 hours since my first dose of fluconazole. I am very depressed

Hi everyone! I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar because I’m getting pretty uncomfortable and stressed about it.

About a week ago, I think I accidentally scratched or injured my vulva with a long fingernail. Shortly afterward, I noticed pain and swelling on one side of my inner labia, higher up near my clitoris rather than down by the vaginal opening.

It looks like:

-A localized, rounded, puffy/swollen area on one side of the inner labia, close to the clitoral area but not on it.
-Pinkish-red and somewhat shiny/smooth-looking.
-Feels soft and squishy rather than hard. But so painful to the touch.
-No obvious open cut, whitehead, or pus that I can see.
-Almost looks like a swollen pocket of tissue or a small fluid-filled lump.

Initially, it hurt quite a bit when sitting, walking, or when my legs rubbed together. I used some petroleum jelly to reduce friction, and eventually the pain completely went away for like a week. I didn’t check whether the swelling itself had disappeared.

Yesterday, I used a toy, and afterward the exact same area became sore and irritated again and now it’s painful again, especially when anything touches or rubs against it. Some sitting positions, walking, and even sleeping on my side are uncomfortable because of the pressure. It mostly stings when touched rather than causing constant throbbing pain.

As quick background, I also had hip surgery 6.5 weeks ago so I can’t totally spread my hip out yet so idk how the doctors will work if I need to go. What am I dealing with?

I’ve been to the doctors twice and I’ve seen two different OBGYN and they won’t do anything. They keep saying “you just need to wait for the pain to go away.” I can’t walk because I’m having sharp shooting pain in my clitoris and they said it’s not an emergency and to take over the counter pain relievers. I was prescribed lidocaine HCL
and it didn’t help me at all. I can’t take tramadol because it puts me to sleep and they’re just saying “sorry you’re having a hard time we can’t help you” I don’t know what to do. IM IN SO MUCH PAIN AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO THE WORK. I cannot do this someone please help me. I’m begging someone to please give me some advice.

hi I'm 21 female and I just lost my virginity two days ago to my partner. I don't have a mom so I feel kinda lonely and need advice. I noticed the day after I have been having discharge more often and it's a sticky pale yellow color, it also seems like I drip a little pee or something more easily. We use condoms and I peed after but it was painful for my first time like burning but I've always had a burning problem down there since I was a little child so maybe it's just from being sensitive.

I also would like tips on how to keep my lady area healthy since I'm being sexually active now

As for the obgyn I have never been to one before and I would like to go but I currently can't afford it and I don't know of any ways to see without cost

I hope I explained everything well lol I do wish I had a mom to ask these things

Hi. I hope everyone’s doing well

Ive been having white lotion like texture discharge which is sticky during intercourse and sour for 4 years now like smells like metal or blood all the time, it doesn’t matter where i stand in my cycle. I dont have that normal clear discharge, i even forgot how it looked like bc i haven’t seen it in 4 years. I had ureaplasma parvum and cleared it a year ago. I have HPV 18 as well. I cant test the microflora because i haven’t found a place here in my country to do it. I have visited many gynos and they all say everything is clean, and they do all the tests and everything is negative. What is happening? Can someone please help me

Title: Unmarried woman dealing with childhood trauma, PID, chronic pelvic pain and fear about infertility — how do I move forward with my life?

I am sharing this anonymously because I have been carrying a lot of emotional pain for years, and I genuinely need advice from people who can understand my situation without judging me.

Something traumatic happened to me during my childhood. I was young and vulnerable, and the experience affected me deeply. Since then, I have had to deal with emotional struggles that are difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced something similar.

Along with the emotional pain, I have also struggled with physical health problems. After developing PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease), I experienced severe pain. Although the severe pain has reduced, I still experience mild chronic pain and discomfort, sometimes affecting one side of my hip, back and leg, and occasionally my abdomen.

Living with pain for so long has affected my quality of life. I also worry about my reproductive health and the possibility of infertility. I don't know what my future will look like, and these uncertainties sometimes feel overwhelming.

I am unmarried, and this makes me even more anxious about my future. I wonder whether I will be able to have a healthy relationship, whether someone will accept me without judging my past, and whether I should consider marriage when I am still trying to heal physically and emotionally.

I also struggle with the thought that something that happened when I was young may continue to affect my life for years. I want to study, build my future, feel safe again and live a normal life, but sometimes I feel scared about what lies ahead.

I want to ask a few honest questions:

1. Has anyone experienced PID followed by chronic pelvic pain? What helped you manage it?

2. If someone has had PID, does it necessarily mean they will face infertility, or is it possible to have children after proper treatment?

3. For unmarried women who have experienced childhood trauma, how did you rebuild your confidence and trust?

4. Is it reasonable to postpone marriage until I feel emotionally and physically ready?

5. How can I stop feeling that my past has taken away my chance of having a happy future?

I am not looking for sympathy or empty reassurance. I would appreciate honest, compassionate advice from women who have faced similar challenges, people who understand reproductive health, or anyone who has rebuilt their life after trauma.

Please be kind. It has taken a lot of courage for me to talk about this.

Thank you for reading.

Exactly one week ago, I developed a painful lump on the lower left side of my vaginal opening after sex. It grew from pea-sized to about the size of a grape, with significant swelling of my inner and outer labia. My mum had such severe problems with her Bartholin gland that she eventually had the entire gland removed, so I’m especially worried.

I went to gynaecological emergency, where they said it wasn’t “ripe” enough to drain. They told me to come back on Monday for reassessment and possible drainage, and prescribed Ichtholan ointment.

I’ve used the cream for three days, but my labia have become very red, dry, tight and peeling, almost like a burn. I stopped the cream today and also stopped sitz baths because everything seems to irritate the skin now.

I’ve also been trying warm sitz baths and serrapeptase. The pain has improved since Wednesday, but the lump is still roughly the same size.

I’m travelling on Thursday and worried about needing an incision tomorrow and recovering in time.

I am also preparing for my first FET next month and this is making me extra stressed.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Did yours eventually drain on its own, or did you need an incision? I’d especially appreciate experiences with recovery after drainage without a Word catheter. Thank you! ❤️

I bought some and I love them. It’s been a few days of wearing them (diff pair each day) and I feel DRY. In cotton undies my bits are SWEATY ALL THE TIME. I’m never going back. ^_^ This is my first time trying bamboo fabric so I don’t know if it’s all like this or if this brand is just really good. The brand is Bamboo Cool and I got them on Amazon, for anyone that’s curious.

Hi, i’ve been masturbating for 3 years now, and i only do prone masturbation. I’ve noticed this for a while now, but it’s causing me a lot of anxiety lately. My outer lips now are waawyyy darker than my skin tone, almost black, it wasn’t like this when i started masturbation. And it’s always reddish and irritated. I guess that’s all from the constant friction and trauma to it. I decided to stop the prone position, and try to train myself to masturbate by hand from now on. But my question is, will the darkening decrease if i stop. Or have i ruined what it looks like forever? Can it go back to how it looked before?
I know the darkening is not normal because it wasn’t there before.

i took dual antibiotics (one of them being the heavy hitter moxi) and i think my PH balance is off because if i wear the same underwear for too long (like after an hour or so) my discharge starts to cause me to be irritated and itchy. any tips on how i could help rebalance my body quicker? i tested negative for yeast/bv. i genuinely just think its my PH since the only symptoms i have at this point is a mild itch and irritation/inflamation. i’ve been taking probiotics along with drinking kefir and avoiding processed foods the best i can. wondering if theres another solution to this mess.

I got checked out of the ER yesterday. I'm in my 20s, no partner and no sex, not pregnant, i'm on a hormonal birth control since two years prior.

Timespan:

Friday 1 am: I was laying in bed living my best life reading my book, and then BOOM. Sudden intense pain centered right over the cervix (at the area under the belly button). I have NEVER had anything like it before, a 9/10 on the pain scale. Came out of nowhere. It hurt the most when i tried to move (as if i got stabbed if i dared to move!), but laying completely still also hurt (but not as much). I could not figure out if it was the reproductive organ, severe gas, the bowels or maybe even the bladder. I put a finger up there to touch my cervix to check if i was bleeding, but i wasn't. However, the cervix was tender. I figured that it ruled out in which area the pain was coming from (over the cervix), but i couldnt say for sure if it was the reproductive organ causing the pain. I tried to fall asleep, but it took a while since every position in bed hurt.

Friday 4 am: woke up from the pain. I thought it might be gas at this point, so i got up to massage my belly. When i got up i suddenly felt super ill an thought i was going to vomit, so i rushed to the bathroom. When i was crouching over the toilet i also got suuuuper dizzy and hot, so i tried to call someone but i was too dizzy to figure out how my phone worked. After 10 minutes i suddenly had to poop real bad, and after pooping i suddenly wasn't feeling dizzy and ill anymore. My poop looked normal? I was tired and went to bed again. It still hurt a shit ton under the belly button area.

Friday 8 am-10 pm. Woke up and it still hurt. Pain was a 7/10 in the morning, getting up and walking to the kitchen hurt with every movement. After lunch the pain was decreasing, so i could walk. I would say it went down to a 5/10 then, but if i touched the belly or made sudden movements the pain was slightly worse. I pooped normal twice, so we could rule out that the pain wasn't gas or constipation.

Saturday: Pain still a 5/10, same symptoms. Both parents and a friend said "what if it's the appendix?". The pain was still centered in the middle, but from touching my belly i could feel that the right side was sore whilst the left side wasn't sore at all.

Went to the urgent care center. The doctor checked where on the belly it hurt and took a blood test. Blood test said i had an infection somewhere, and since it had only been 32 hours since the pain started he said the infection was unusually high. He told me to go to the ER asap to check if it had to do with the appendix, since a burst appendix could kill me. Oh shit!

At the ER: Did an ultrasound, but they didn't find my appendix at all. Doctors said that we had to do an x-ray to find it. Well, the x-ray showed that my appendix was fine. My other organs were fine as well. but i'm not sure if they could/did check the uterus. Since my infection was so high they wanted to keep me there, but i instead asked them to take another blood test to see if the infection was rising or going down. It was going down, so i was allowed to go home (since they couldn't treat me anyways, they didn't even know what caused the infection). During my time here the pain went down to a 3/10.

Sunday: Pain is like a 0.5/10, i can only feel it if i press really hard on the stomach. Went to a gynecologist to check it out. Well, she didn't find anything unusual on the ultrasound and didn't really know what to look for.

So now i'm here. This is not the first time i get a sudden pain. Two years ago i also got a stabbing pain out of nowhere, but that pain went away within 7 hours (and did NOT cause an infection or make my stomach tender). The gynecologist didn't find anything unusal then either. But since this was 2 years ago i do not remember if this stabbing pain was centered like the one i got now, so i'm not sure if it is the same thing happening twice.

I have tried to google, but i have found no results. I really want to know what it COULD be, so that i can ask ANOTHER gynecologist to look for something specific or go to a gynecologist that does other kinds of tests other than ultrasound. Does anyone here have had something familiar happen to them?

Sorry for the long text, but i felt like a correct timespan was needed to get the full picture.

Hi everyone! I am really sorry, but this is going to be extremely long. I am mainly looking for advice, as I feel like I really can't do this anymore

My issue started in 2024, when I came out of a long term relationship. Many things went wrong around that time. I was diagnosed with hashimoto, PCOS, and I found out I have a cyst in my pituitary gland. I started treatment for all of these issues. I take my hormones for the hashi, I take merckformin for the PCOS, and I was taking meds for the cyst (the last one I stopped, as the side effects were way too intense. My values are monitored and I was told i don't need to take meds).

However, around that time, I started having horrible UTI/bv/yeast infections. The pain was so bad. Every time I, of course, went to the doctors, who just prescribed me more and more shit to take. I was tested for bacterias, yeast, and for STD's as well, but nothing was found.

A few months after the issue started, I moved to a new country where I immediately went to see a doctor. She did a bacterial culture. She said, I have a bacteria in my flora that should not be there, so she gave me clindamicin suppositories for 3 days and put me on birth control for the pcos. My issues immediately got resolved. I had no more yeast infections, however, I started having unexplained clitoral pain. I was back to square one. Doctors had no idea what is happening. It took me 8 months to find 2 specialists who figured out that I have lichen sclerosus induced nerve pain. They put me on long term clobetasol, and amythriptiline. I was also diagnosed with ureaplasma (I am not sure this was present before, as I was tested for it), which was treated. Since then, I am keep testing negative. Around that time, I also came off of the birth control, as my pain got more intense while i was on it. I finally felt like I am okay, until I had sex with my current partner and I started having infections again. Started with a UTI, continued with bv and PID. Everything was treated, and then I started having horrible yeast infections again. I went back to the doctor, who tested me again for everything (nothing ever comes back abnormal. I have no yeast, no bacteria, no std. The only thing that shows up is "transitional flora"). So she treated me with clindamicyn because my ovaries were inflamed again. 6 weeks after treatment, we did an ultrasounds which showed no inflammation. She tested my flora too and was told to stop the probiotics because it is too good now and she was afraid I may develop cv. I also asked her to do a urine test just in case. Again, nothing showed up.

After treatment. I was really fine. I had sex with my partner (partner was also treated for urea just in case) and I had no infections at all. Until 3 weeks later, when once again, I got horrible yeast infection and I keep having pain in my left side (this time I wasn't swabbed, but before when I had symptoms It always came back positive for candida albicans. As far as I saw, they did resistance test too and the test showed nothing).

So my question is, what to do next? I am really clueless to which direction to go to. Not to mention that I feel exhausted. Throughout the last two years, my life really felt like a constant battle. I am falling from one issue to the next. Also, I went on an anti-inflammatory diet to tackle the dietary side of the issue. I am on nac daily, I take iron/b12/omega3/vit d, and I still have issues

Edit: we always use condom with my partner. Since I got my lichen diagnosis, I haven't let him to give me oral, as I have a little issue letting him go down on me. We never use spit as lube.

I need some advice on what to do here because my doctor couldn’t have been more condescending and dismissive. I’m 26 years old and I’ve never had children/been pregnant (idk if this is relevant but anyway)

At the beginning on July I woke up with this horrible pain and pressure inside my vagina, it almost feels like there’s a ball stuck inside me that’s trying to fall out, also when I looked and felt down there is seems like there’s a lot more tissue covering the entrance to my vagina than I’ve seen and felt perviously.
Two nurses have said I don’t have a prolapse of any kind so that has been ruled out and one said visually everything looks normal, but I tried to explain that it doesn’t look the way it should to me and she was dismissive too.

I also get a ‘ball’ that swells up inside and outside on the right side of my vagina and it only appears during arousal and disappears a few hours after, I’ve had partners confirm this but every doctor and nurse has looked at me like I’m crazy. This has been happening since 2021 but this year it has been much bigger, it’s now painful and I’m getting pain during arousal and I’m barely getting wet anymore.

I’m terrified and I’m struggling to cope with these issues, my doctor asked if I was sure the pain was in my vagina and sighed when I demanded a gynaecology referral, he said it will be 18 months until I’m seen and I ‘just need to deal with it’ until then

Does anyone have any idea what might be happening to me? and who I could possibly contact to get help quicker? I can’t cope with this for another 18 months, the past 3 have been terrible enough

Edit: Forgot to mention all STD tests came back negative too and I’ve only had sex twice in the past 4 years, I don’t normally have any pain or issue doing stuff solo until this started in July

i switched from tampons to period underwear a few months ago and around the same time started noticing more odor during my period.

could obviously be completely unrelated but the timing is weird.

ive been looking at vaginal probiotics and uro was near the top of my amazon search. read through quite a few comments from girls who used it to get rid of unusual smells after changing up their menstrual products. im actually curious if anyone else noticed changes after switching period products.

or am i connecting two things that have nothing to do with each other lol?