PSA: DHEA For The Win

I have been having a problem with my v since perimenopause. I like having sex with my husband, a lot. But all the thinning skin, shortening of my canal, horrible dryness and micro-tears left me miserable after every sexual encounter. It was like living with a constant UTI. So. Much. Pain. Finally, I convinced my GYN to give me some vaginal estrogen cream. I told her about all the pain after and during sex. Use lube, she said. Never even mentioning this thing called vaginal atrophy. Right, like lube was going to stop microtears.

Anyway, the estrogen helped along with coconut oil, V Magic, Sea Buckthorn oil and a v moisturizer. Then I ended up not using the estrogen cream for a 35 days while I stayed with my daughter while she was in the hospital. Once I was home, I had intimacy with my husband. Big mistake. Agony for 3 weeks. Daily use of the estrogen didn't do a thing; neither did all the over-the-counter stuff. In desperation, I read about DHEA. I must have read something about it before because I had some micronized DHEA in my cabinet. I opened up one of the capsules, mixed in with the V Magic balm and inserted the concoction. Almost instant relief. That was yesterday. Today was the first day I didn't feel like I had shards of glass sitting in my urethra. I ordered some pricey DHEA suppositories, but I think I'm going to continue to make my own with the V Magic. I might branch out to making some suppositories with coconut oil, vitamin E, and micronized DHEA powder.

So, there you go. give DHEA a try along with all the other balms, creams, moisturizers and suppositories that our v-jays must be slathered with so we can feel like functioning sexual beings. Seriously, men should have to go through this crap.