Adderall** not admiral haha ^
If you are still here i would love to tslk to you. Since You you posted this years ago I'm sure you already know that the Admiral was the problem from the beginning… but I almost cried while reading your post because I have the exact same situation I've been going to rheumatologist and frankly was In denial that my adderal was causing it but now i know. I swear that i have almost every single symptom you listed. Why dont more doctors know the true long term affects of adderal? I feel stupid for wasting so much time and money seeing doctors which couldnt even help me. My family called it! Anyone with a similiar experience please respond .. i would love to hear anothers experience. Hope heals after all........ -D
Oh! and if you think that you don't need the adderall, you might consider discontinuing that as well, at least for a while or as an experiment. I was prescribed adderall as well, and took it until I noticed that I had horrible headaches if i didn't take it, and then was exhausted if i did. I have to try really hard to pay good attention, but I feel better without the adderall.
Hello, Kelly,
I feel your pain! Though I have a different set of symptoms to go along with it, I too, have had to deal with the down south issues, and I'm sure that the autoimmune factors don't help at all. After about a year of self-treating (and I tried everything), I found my miracle cure: Vitamin C from Trader Joes. Whenever you start to feel a little itchy, try taking about 2000 mgs of vit. c. (Costco Vitamin C doesn't work for me; it has to be Trader Joes - I wonder if it's because of yeast or color additives.) Other things I ran across and tried included folic acid, grape seed extract, apple cider vinegar, and even baking soda. (This is where it gets tricky - you might need to verify that it's yeast, and not a bacterial infection. Apparently bacterial infections are more common, and need to be treated in another manner.) But nothing works like the Vitamin C.
You might also consider trying to change your diet. Before I had discovered Vitamin C I changed my diet drastically, cutting out all sweets and carbs, as well as briny foods and alcohol - and this seemed to help as well. (Look up the anti-candida diet on Google.) The itchiness disappeared, I lost a bunch of weight, and had increased energy too. But it's hard to not be able to eat... just about everything. I'm no longer on the extreme diet, but I still find that avoiding alcohol and sweets helps a lot. And not just with the itchiness, but with the other symptoms too.
Now I don't have the yeast problems as much anymore, but certain things can set it off: too much sex, certain soaps, tight clothing including tights, wearing underwear (! very risque, I know) and swimming in pools, lakes, hot tubs, etc. I pretty much don't go swimming without expecting to have an issue to deal with soon afterwards, and so I don't go swimming much. To me it's an easy trade off.
Start treating your lady like she's a baby - don't expose her to harsh chemicals, too much rough sex, tight clothes, and avoid alcohol and vinegar (they kill the good bacterias that keep the yeast in check). See if eating oranges or taking a vitamin C supplement helps.
Sorry to hear you're having these problems. I hope some of this might help you, and let me know if you find any solutions. Good luck!