First of all I just wrote this whole thing and then somehow deleted it. Geez.

I am kind of at my wits end with the issue I have been having because I have been dismissed by my Gyno and my nurse practitioner. Sorry this is a little long but it has been going on for 4 months.

In April this year I went to my nurse practitioner complaining of some mild burning and irritation. She checked me out, did a yeast test and prescribed me Difulcan because the yeast was positive. A week later it was still bothering me so I went and bought Monistat. Still didn't go away. I also had her test me for Clamydia and Gonnorhea - both came back negative.

About 2 weeks later I go back to my NP telling her it is still bothering me. This time the yeast test comes back negative and during the pelvic exam she says she seems some bumps that she wants to biopsy to test for HPV (warts). I almost pass out because I never thought it would be something like that. So a week of waiting for the results and many sleepless nights and the test comes back NEGATIVE. Thank goodness.

About a week after that I go back to my NP once more to just "make sure" everything is still ok. She doesn't even see these bumps she originally saw and says I have some skin irritation and to not worry about it and that everything looks normal.

So June rolls around and I decide to go see the actual Gyno (not the NP) in the office to get a second opinion (yes I am starting to annoy myself with the appointments). She takes a look - says nothing AT ALL in that area looks like warts or herpes (of course I had started fearing a broader spectrum of possibilities and told her my fears). She says I have a skin irritation and prescribes me a steroid cream, tells me to start using Cetaphil to wash with, non fragrance detergents, and stop wearing thongs. I do all of the above. She also sends a yeast culture off to a lab just to make sure there is no chronic yeast there.

About 2 weeks later I make a frantic appointment with my NP (the gyno can't see me on short notice) because the irritation has gotten worse after 2 weeks of using the steroid cream. she checks me out and says absolutely nothing looks abnormal. I still ask for the Herpes blood test just to rule it out...even though both women have said nothing looks like that in my exams.

A week later I have a follow up with the Gyno and the herpes test is negative, the yeast culture is negative, and the pelvic exam looks totally normal. Finally she says I have got to move on and this problem will take care of itself. Oh and I was also told I could try diaper rash cream. Trying it and seems to be irritating me. I just can't win.

So its been 4 months and I thought it was going away but then I spent a week at the beach and was in wet bathing suits a lot and was on my period (tampons seem to aggravate it). The symptoms are burning/discomfort that seems to move around if that makes sense. I mean it is not localized to one spot all the time. Sometimes it feels like it is inside, sometimes at the opening to the vagina, sometimes completely on the outside on the skin. The discomfort is either mild or just nagging - never debilitating or really even painful. Just annoying. Sometimes it almost feels hot to me - like putting something cold between my legs would feel better. i have looked at myself in the mirror and nothing looks weird - absolutely no bumps, sores, or anything.

I should be happy that all of these tests have come back negative, and I am, but I still have all these doubts and fears. BTW no sex since this started (sad I know - but for the best) so no chances that I got something from a new partner. I wonder if any of you have anything similar or if my symptoms sound like something out there that I haven't discovered. I feel like I have been dismissed by the doctors and I don't want to think I am crazy and this is all in my head. I know it is not but maybe my fretting is intensifying the problems.

Sorry again for the length!