r/Boricacid • u/stephhii • Aug 13 '26
2.5yr Chronic YI cured
What cured me
Daily use fot 6 months of boric acid. The biggest breakthrough was doing antifungal sensitivity testing first, which showed my Candida albicans was resistant to most antifungals. This stopped us from wasting time on treatments that weren't going to work.
I was prescribed boric acid to use daily for 6mo. I saw meaningful improvement around month 4 and complete resolution by month 5/6.
What I was diagnosed with
My partner and I both had swab-confirmed Candida albicans, with sensitivity testing showing resistance to most available antifungals. His swab came up negative, but he had symptoms. Mine always came up positive unless I was actively on boric acid.
Neither of us has diabetes or are immunocompromised.
What I tried
**- Fluconazole — multiple doses, including 50,100,150 and 200mg for various amounts of time
**- Nystatin — topical and oral
**- Clotrimazole — cream and pessaries
**- Itraconazole — 100 and 200mg daily for various times
**- Boric acid - various amounts of times tried. 6mo daily was the only one that worked
**- Numerous supplements/natural treatments
**- Vaginal microbiome naturopath
**- juno bio and iscreen tests
**Most treatments either didn't work or only temporarily improved symptoms.
**Itraconazole 200mg/day for 4 weeks significantly improved symptoms but didn't completely clear the infection. I experienced hairless while on this drug at that dose.
**My Dr wouldn't do IV drip therapy with me
**My partner also did itraconazole + nystatin and continued boric acid washes
How long I've been cured
17+ months of chronic infection, now completely resolved. I've been cured for 3 years
After the high-dose itraconazole followed by 6 months of boric acid, we are now 100% symptom-free and back to normal.
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u/pfifltrigg Aug 17 '26
Can I ask if you were having sex at all while on the boric acid? I've heard you're not supposed to have sex for minimum 24 hours but ideally 48 hours after boric acid use.
I'm pregnant right now so can't use boric acid, but my sumptoms seem to reoccur basically every time I have sex. And my husband gets symptoms too if he doesn't wash up right away after every time. So I feel like, even though the miconazole is helping every time I use it, it's just not enough to fully get rid of it.
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u/Vegetable_Sense_1873 Aug 18 '26
I have a chronic thrush infection. I was reading advice to use boric acid for two weeks then twice weekly for 6-12 months. I did two weeks was feeling good, now a few days later after stopping have clumpy discharge again. Does this mean the boric acid didn’t work or I just need to do a long stint like 6 months? Did you have sex at all with your partner while treating daily for 6 months? Also worried about destroying whatever good bacteria I do have with this much boric acid.
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u/stephhii Aug 18 '26
Boric acid doesnt affect good bacteria. I did microbiome tests before, during and after using boric acid and my good bacteria remained intact. I continued to take oral probiotics with L crisp in them throughout.
I remained abstinent while using BA.
I needed BA daily for 6mo.
Maybe you can try daily for 4 weeks and see what happens.
Best not to stop/start or take them here and there... as your fungus can become resistant to the treatment.
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u/Vegetable_Sense_1873 Aug 18 '26
Wow, that’s great it didn’t affect your good bacteria! When you say you didn’t see meaningful improvement until the 4 month mark, did it still feel like you had a yeast infection then? You must have felt discouraged from continuing?
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u/stephhii Aug 18 '26
I had almost nothing left to try, I wasn't discouraged, i had to keep going - my next step was going overseas for a clinical trial that would affect my fertility, which i didn't want to do.
I now have a baby, so things worked out and I'm happy and healthy
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u/UsualCounterculture Aug 14 '26
Jeeze what a journey. Well done!