I got diagnosed with BV 2 months ago. I suspected it was BV because I had it a few times before. The first time I got it, I was able to just take one round of metronidazole, and it went away. The second time I had to take 2 rounds of metro. This time I took the first round of metro and my symptoms went away but after the last pill, it didn’t take long for the itching to come back. I went and got tested again and it came back positive, so they gave me another round of metro. I took that and same thing happened; symptoms went away but came back immediately after finishing the meds. I went back and got tested AGAIN and it came back positive AGAIN. This time they gave me Clindamycin oral. I took that and this time symptoms went away but came back before I even finished the meds. I finished the last few pills as directed hoping the symptoms would go away but they didn’t. I went back to the doc and they gave me a prescription for metrogel 0.75% twice a week for 6 months and boric acid every day for 1 month. They also gave me a referral to a gyno. I went to the appointment and the gyno said the same thing, metrogel twice a week and boric acid every day. They also took out my IUD I had inserted in june hoping it was the hormones causing this. I have been doing the gel and boric acid for a month, and they symptoms went away for a while but recently have come back in full force. I haven’t stopped my treatment in any way, so I’m at a loss at what to do. I am freaking out; I don’t want to live with this for the rest of my life. I have an Evvy Microbiome test, but I haven’t done it yet because I’m taking the metrogel and boric acid and I’m afraid to stop taking it, what if it gets worse? My main symptom is itching. In the beginning it was mainly on the outside of my vagina but now it’s mainly on the inside. I’ve considered asking to be tested for mycoplasma-genitalium, but I don’t have another appointment and I’m sure it’s going to be awhile before I can be seen. What do I do? I’m having panic attacks about this often…