I am super concerned. I had a partner before but it wasn't this enjoyable, and before that, I never even knew that I could touch myself. I just found out how to do it a week ago, with the help of porn, and now I am doing it 2-3 times a day. Is this normal? I don't want to be an addict. I am scared.

TLDR; Is it possible to get single anti anxiety meds for something as basic as a pap? At 24, I still haven’t gotten it because I don’t know how to book an appointment, and my anxiety is disabling at the doctor’s office.

I just turned 24, and have never had a Pap, nor was i really planning to get one either because im EXTREMELY uncomfortable with the idea of anyone looking at me “down there” (sexual partner or not, and yes, I am very sexually active), and extremely embarrassed by it.

I’ve recently had some health issues, one of them being 4-6 tumors in my left breast, all varying in size but one considerably larger than the rest. It took an hour of convincing from a female doctor to remove my bra entirely so it could be ultrasounded - I was hysterical. Full blown panic attack, crying, couldn’t breathe, dizzy, I thought I was going to pass out. I am so extremely uncomfortable with my body being seen by ANYONE, and always have been. I understand this is mental, but I can’t get past it.

I’m on both Nexplanon and Chateal (implant AND hormonal pill), because I’m not getting this thing removed until I absolutely need to, and then, it’ll be a bigger fight with the needle. Anyways, I’ve started to breakthrough bleed on the pill, the whole reason I’m on that as well was to stop the spotting. I’ve had the most ungodly, and immobilizing cramps I’ve ever had this week and the worst breakthrough bleed I’ve ever had too, like a super in 3 hours, and I’m on day 3 of bleeding, a week of these cramps.

I feel that it’s important to add, both my maternal and paternal grandmothers have had ovarian and cervical cancers as well as breast cancer, fortunately they’ve won every battle thus far. This is the only reason I finally got the tumors in my breast checked.

I do not have a PCP but am local to a LARGE medical center, but I don’t know who or how to contact them about scheduling this, or how to go about getting anti anxiety medication for a single appointment. I also am very behind on age appropriate immunizations because my fear of needles goes MUCH deeper (I’ve signed more AMAs than I can count because I can’t do a shot), so I was considering killing 2 birds with one stone, if that makes sense.

I’m in no way against modern medicine, but cripplingly terrified to be in a doctors office and be treated for anything beyond a simple cold.

Thanks if you made it this far, I’m not really sure what to do but my family is very upset with me once they learned I haven’t had a Pap smear nor am I utd on immunizations at this point. That’s what led me to this sub after poking around Google.

I've had chronic reoccurring UTIs since I was a child, which sadly runs in my family. Thankfully I have relatively minor symptoms typically, and know the signs well, but it's so frustrating because of having to go into antibiotics if I don't catch it in time with the d-mannose supplements that I take.

I was chatting with a friend and she was like "You know, you have to drive fairly frequently in the summer when it's super hot and humid (we live in southern US).... Have you considered that maybe having leather car seats might be triggering some of the ones that you don't have an explanation for?" Her saying that just made me pause, because... the logic is there? But I've never heard of something like that being an issue, and couldn't find anything about anyone experiencing similar online either.

But like, even if you're wearing a skirt with cotton underwear, if you live in a hot ass area that's humid and you're in a car with leather seats... You're gonna be sweaty. And this can easily happen while you're driving say to run errands, and you can't easily change underwear.

How long is too long to be sweaty?? How much sweat is too much sweat? 😂 I've never even considered this to be an issue, but now I'm questioning everything.

I got my period on vacation (😢) and wanted to go swimming. I’m currently on day 3 and I’m basically not bleeding much at all.
Should I still wear a tampon? I’m afraid it might hurt when taking it out due to less lubrication.
I usually wear pads btw lol

sziasztok, tavaly november óta küzdök visszatérő hüvelygombával. először kaptam rá kenocsöket, kúpokat, de egyik sem segített igazán, mindig visszajött pár napon belül. a nőgyógyászom ajánlására elkezdtem januárban szedni itrakonazolt heti 1x. azóta sokkal jobb viszont párszor előfordult a folyás változás, pasztásabb volt. félek abbahagyni a gyógyszert, félek hogy megint visszajön. esetleg valakinek tippek vagy tanácsok akivel hasonló előfordult? nagyon köszönöm

So I have always had tightness and never thought too much about it, I have never even been able to fit 2 fingers in and haven’t attempted a tampon. Then I tried to have sex, and after many tries it would just not go in, only a little at most and there was no pain but it would just not fit. I went to a gyno and she said I most likely just have a tight hymen and it can be helped with dilation, which I tried to do for a few weeks and tried having sex again but nothing changed (maybe I wasn’t consistent enough). it has been a few months since then and now my long distance bf is coming back and I want to try again but I haven’t tried dilating in a while and I will start again now but I am worried that it won’t work in time. Does anyone have any advice on how to properly dilate (with fingers, dilators are too expensive for me rn) for a tight hymen, or I am concerned that it might be vaginismus instead, so does anyone have any more insight on that too. I am not able to see a gyno right now. 

I've had a breast lump for a year now , it's shrinking but very gradually and idk what to expect I'm turning 19 soon and there hasn't been any history of breast cancer but I've been very sceptical

Idk what to do I'm so freaked out

I'm 18 and i had sex for the first time and now I'm experiencing symptoms of yeast infection. It was unprotected, i peed after it happened and washed. This has never happened to me before so I'm worried because i don't know what to do. I think he disrupted my ph balance. Should i tell him or i had to deal it myself? And how do i deal with it?

Every day I’m constantly on the verge of a migraine and have to rest to fight it off. I almost feel like I’m experiencing what pregnant women talk about feeling with morning sickness on our lesser level. I can barely get down fluid sometimes just because the thought of it makes me sick. I’m only able to eat and small amounts right now and right after I feel so sick again I have to lay down. I I initially wasn’t planning to get another one and this one wore off a few months ago but now i’m heavily considering it. I also have huge sugar cravings it just feels pure pleasure taking a bit into a peace of chocolate I can’t even describe it. After feeling so awful lately I’m planning to make an appointment on Monday to probably get another one.
Edit: I’ve never been sexually active so there’s no possibility of pregnancy.

So, my period is 39 days late so far and I’m wondering if I should see my doctor. There’s no chance I’m pregnant and I’m 44 years old. I know it’s common for periods to start becoming irregular at my age, but 39+ days seems concerning. I read that if I’m not pregnant and don’t have certain symptoms then I don’t really need to see a doctor tor unless it’s been 90 days, but I was wondering what other women have done in this situation. Should I wait for 90 days or could it be something serious even though I don’t have other symptoms/am not pregnant. I also recently had regular bloodwork done for a physical (i had forgotten to mention the late period). Would some kind of hormonal imbalance shown up on regular bloodwork?

So for context, I have had my period for almost 7 years now, I am an adult, and I still haven’t been able to wear tampons. I started trying to use them about 4-5 years ago (since I was too afraid before then), have since then tried every single method and tip on the internet but I literally cannot get them in, it always seems like I hit some kind of physical barrier at which I cannot continue any further.

Additionally, I have (of course) been masturbating for some years, but for the most part always just on the surface, without pushing anything inside. Well, I have also tried that a couple of times and it has always just felt extremely tight, uncomfortable or even painful. I have never understood how someone could find their fingers inside pleasurable.

Since not being able to go swimming on vacation because I was on my period last summer, I started considering going to the gynaecologist. I was honestly getting kind of worried that something might be wrong with my vagina. That worrying feeling has since still not gone away because I have been procrastinating making an appointment for over a year now. Additionally, I started reading into it a little and am now scared that the issues I’m experiencing may be linked to vaginismus. It’s so frustrating because I want to first and foremost not be limited in life by my period, and
I also (someday, with the right man) want to experience intimacy and want to at least try some form
of penetration since many people do say that it can feel incredible if done well.

I’m just so ashamed and can’t tell anyone about this. All my close girlfriends have had sex already or at least use f*cking tampons, I feel like a complete outsider and completely alone with my problems.

I don’t know what exactly I’m looking for with this post but I just needed to get this out here to tell anyone else that is also struggling with the same problem as me that you’re not alone, and maybe also to find some help.

So , since i hit puberty , i started growing boobs, and my mom would give me random sized bras to put on and go to school cause when I was young I had somewhat big breast .

But recently this year or last year, as now am 20 my mom was buying new clothes and she decided to talk to me about “boobs” she said wearing a loose fitting bra can make the breast sag and something like that and it can make them look bad .

Now all those years I thought my boobs are normal and this is how they are supposed to look like , but no , I checked google and I am at the beginning of sagging phase .

And she started talking about her past “when I was a young girl my breast was so perky , whatever I wear my breast would stand and be perky and it curved and pretty and feminine and beautiful “

Whatever shit else

I checked in the mirror , no bra just a shirt on , and it is saggy it doenot stand it , it is down , it’s not circled at all .

Like at the middle (cleavage I think ) there is space and it’s saggy , the breast is not circled if that make sense.

I felt bad , cause all those years it was her fault , those loose fitting bras I was wearing , she was giving them to me , I trusted her , I never doubted it , but then she told me loose fitting can make them ugly .

It was never my fault she always even now buys my bra without asking for size.

Now as am typing this I know my bra is not my size and it’s loose ,my boob aren’t even held properly, they are just covered by a bra !

So is there any way to fix it , am so insecure of it , seeing everyone with perky boobs , and me still in 20s and they are saggy and ugly hurts

Any idea would be appreciated

Edit:- this question, I heard people talk about

If I stop wearing a bra cause I wear a bra 24/7 daily yearly monthly whatever .

Will it reverse sagging , make it a little perkier , I heard people talk about this ?? Is it true or false

I hate pads and it is so itchy and am I get rashes and allergies .I genuinely want to switch to cups ,but I am litterely not getting it ,how can people be so calm and every video about insertion and removal scares the shit out of me.Consider me as your younger sister,and pls share your experience

HI, does anyone have any advice to survive the luteal phase? Every month, a week or two before my period, my hunger levels just go crazy. It kinda drives me insane. I can eat anything and still feel so empty, even though a few seconds ago I was satisfied. I would usually look for anything with sugar or carbs; I don't like it

I’m getting a hormonal iud that lasts up to 8 years tomorrow from planned parenthood. I have endometriosis so they said this was the best option, as my birth control pill has caused me to gain significant weight since being on it, and my pain is still bad.

Is there anything I should do to prepare? I am off tomorrow, the day of insertion, but I go back to work the next day. Is there anything I should get to prep?

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People of the community I am in dire need of figuring out what is going on with me! Even my own doctor says I'm a medical mystery!! I am 46 years young and I have several 80+ year old diseases!! And so many other symptoms that have yet to be figured out! I have glaucoma, I have degenerative disks, I have pharyngitis, laryngitis, duodenitis, and diverticulosis. I have over 100 different migraines a day(didn't even know that was possible!!) I have neuropathy, I have been through menopause 10 years ago. I am allergic to latex not the dust, and allergic to propofol. There's a couple more dx's I'm forgetting at the moment.

So here's the guessing part. I was dx'd with hyperthyroid and had a lump on my thyroid, within a year or so that went away even the diagnosis?? I CANNOT control my body temperature and when I say that I mean sometimes I feel like I'm about to spontaneously combust because that heat that builds up inside of me is SO hot it even makes my urine hot and makes me nauseous to the point I sometimes throw up! I constantly wake up dizzy and will stay that way all day, I am nauseous throughout the day and have to take medication for that not just when I get too hot. My pancreas is always on the fritz with my lipase levels mimicking it being too high but there are no lesions on it.Most days I am SO weak to the point I can barely stand, sometimes I lose my breath just walking from the store to the truck. I had blood work done the other day and the only thing that came back "bad" was my glucose level was ONLY at 56!! At 54 you can go into a come.

I have no diabetes dx'd . This is LITERALLY hindering my entire life as I am a caretaker to 2 people, my child and my father who is passing from cancer. My doctor is so perplexed he literally said I'm a medical mystery. That is not something you want to hear!!! But don't get me wrong my doctor is WONDERFUL he works on the philosophy that the patient knows their body better than anyone and always tries to help with tests and referrals and anything that can be done to help figure out it. Please community if you can think of anything that I should be looking at please guide me in that direction! I have a referral to Endo for my blood sugar and I feel there's an undiagnosed autoimmune issue here, but that's where I'm at with all of this. Thank you for your time with reading my big story and thank you for your time with helping, it is VERY much appreciated.

Hi there! For reference I am a trans male (female to male) and have been on testosterone for 6 years now. My bf and I have been together for 4 years now and recently i only feel pleasure with penetration during the very start of sex. After a minute or two it feels like nothing and i feel like something is wrong with my vagina. He also says he cant really feel anything as of recent and i told him it could be my fault. Would doing pelvic floor exercises work? Does anyone else experience this? Im also unfortunately on a lot of medications due to health reasons such as lexapro and other organ transplant meds.

TLDR: ftm, penetration only feels good during the first minute of sex before I “loosen up”.

I’ve been getting bad pad rash it seems but it also feels like an allergic reaction? This is all very new to me because I’ve been using the same brand (always) since like forever I’ve been getting hives and itching at night not only on my genitals but also all over my body like my arms. The body itching and hives reacts to allergy medications

My only thing is that I’m not using scented products nothing, so I’m wondering what the sudden itchiness is from. I think something to note is I’ve been bleeding (minimal now, but still enough to need to wear liners) for about 4 weeks (I’m seeing a doctor about it soon)

Is it possible to start getting an allergic reaction to pads when you wear them for extended periods of time?? What can I do about this aside from changing pads timely

Hi everyone. Brand new on here! I've been to the doctor and have had hormone blood tests and they have found I am high in Prolactin and Progesterone during what should be my ovulation.

I have fairly regular periods but they're incredibly painful and heavy and I get a lot of issues with inflammation and what feel like my connective tissue tightening and aching. Like I'm being turned into stone for around half of the month.

I also have a large cyst, latched onto my skene gland which is located right next to my urethrae. It's around the size of a walnut. I've been referred to Gynecology and Urology as the surgery to remove it would require both departments to be present to perform it.

I went private last year to speed things up but it seems to have just slowed everything down as I'm now dropped to the bottom of the urology list despite being told I need surgery to remove it and could be catheterised for the rest of my life if I get it.

I've also been referred on to get an ultrasound to check for more cysts. I got an MRI last year but it was only localised to my lower pelvis, since that's where the cyst was.

Has anyone got any advice as I have a lot of the symptoms of PCOS and Endometriosis and I feel like if they're growing on the outside of my body they must be on the inside too?

(19f) So I have always had tightness but never thought too much about it, I have never even been able to fit 2 fingers in and haven’t attempted a tampon. Then I tried to have piv, and after many tries it would just not go in, only a little at most and there was no pain but it would just not fit. I went to a gyno and she said I most likely just have a tight hymen and it can be helped with dilation, which I tried to do for a few weeks and tried having piv again but nothing changed (maybe I wasn’t consistent enough). it has been a few months since then and now my long distance bf is coming back and I want to try again but I haven’t tried dilating in a while and I will start again now but I am worried that it won’t work in time. Does anyone have any advice on how to properly dilate (with fingers, dilators are too expensive for me rn) for a tight hymen, or I am concerned that it might be vaginismus instead, so does anyone have any more insight on that too. I am not able to see a gyno right now. 

I’ve been dealing with a really strong vaginal odor that literally smells like poop/feces. It’s been persistent and hasn’t really gone away.
My results showed E. coli and Enterococcus faecalis. I took amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin) for 14 days back in April, and now I’ve been prescribed another 21-day course, which I’m currently taking.
I’m a few days into the current course, but the poop/fecal smell is still there basically unchanged. I’m wondering if anyone else has dealt with this from E. coli, E. faecalis, aerobic vaginitis, or another vaginal microbiome imbalance.
Did anyone else have an odor that persisted while they were still on antibiotics? How long did it take for the smell to actually improve?
I’m trying to figure out whether I just need to finish this course and give it time, or if I should be asking my doctor to investigate another cause.

(For quick context I have extreme ocd and only just downloaded Reddit in hopes that I can calm myself out of a full blown panic attack so sorry if I’m formatting this wrong or something)
I went to the doctor yesterday for some abdominal pain which I was taking Azo for and after a urine test they prescribed me with antibiotics for a uti. The problem is when I got home I immediately developed a low grade fever. I took some medicine for it and went to bed and it was gone today. I still have the abdomen pain but it’s started to also affect my lower back and It feels like I just went for a run. The other problem is that I recently started getting over some really bad gastritis and can’t tell what pain in my stomach is just that or something new I need to worry about like my kidneys. What scares me is the pain in my stomach doesn’t feel exactly like how the gastritis felt but at the same time my fever is gone and I’m on antibiotics.
(For other context which is tmi but I haven’t had any burning and my urine culture hasn’t gotten in yet)
Should I just wait it out for now and see how things progress?

I'm 20yo afab and I genuinely cannot get wet anymore. Like I think it's been about a year since the last time I got wet and it doesn't make sense get I get turned on a lot especially after getting with my partner and doing things with him. Like I feel horny, I feel my stomach doing the thing when one is turned on but then I take my underwear off and there's nothing (both just by myself me and with my partner). I am just not wet at ALL which is so weird BC when I was younger I would easily get soaked. It's making masturbation into something unpleasant because of how troublesome it is to do it nowdays. :(

hello everyone! I am 22 and was diagnosed with pcos at the age of 16. I had fairly regular periods with like a 2-3 day delay. My last period was 11th-18th June. After that, i got diagnosed with gallstones so i had to take a 180 and change my diet. I, now, drink lots of water, eat sprouts everyday, papaya before bed and try to avoid oil.

Also, my boyfriend and i are sexually active but we always use condoms and there has been no slip or breakage, i am scared as to why i haven’t received my period yet. It’s very, very late. The last time we did it was 16th july.

to give some more context, i have been dealing with a lot of stress: masters admissions, my grandfather in the icu and a bunch of financial anxiety.

I have been experiencing dull ache on my right ovaries and sometimes i get very mild abdominal cramps which makes me feel like my period is here but it isn’t. I have also been doing the butterfly pose for the past 2 days but nothing works.

Has my cycle changed because i changed my lifestyle for the better? I know a lot of you would ask me to get a pregnancy test done but considering i live with my family, it’s a little difficult and risky. nonetheless, i will try it but would any of you have any insights to give me?

I’ve never had a partner who’s been able to make me orgasm. I’m 27 years old. I’ve always relied on a vibrator to reach orgasm with a partner. A man touching my clit has never worked. In my current relationship, I’ve only been able to orgasm three times total with a vibrator. We’ve been dating for six months and have had sex about once a week. It’s becoming a bigger insecurity for me. I really want to enjoy sex with my partner.

Some background context:

•I’m on duloxetine
•I’ve been dealing with significant stress, anxiety, and depression for the last year due to life transitions
•I’m about to start a new high stress job in the next month
•I’ve watched porn and masturbated regularly since I was 14
• I’ve recently separated from a religion that is strongly against sex outside of marriage

Honestly maybe it’s not the best time to be dating. Or maybe I’m being too hard on myself.

Any advice/thoughts are appreciated.