vaginapagina | YI Question... pain? (Reply)

I'm 99% sure I have a YI, I've had them plenty of times before (used to get them ALL the time before I had my kids). I've got the discharge and the itch, but my itch is actually up around my clitoris, and nowhere near the actual opening of my vagina.
Plus, the itch is coupled by severe irritation that's bordering on painful. I'm also slightly swollen. Has this happened to anyone else during a YI?

I know I should go to my doctors, but to be completely honest (and this is extremely embarassing for me to admit) the itching was getting so out of control that I hastily (and obviously so) shaved most of my pubic hair off in an attempt to minimise the irritation. So at the moment my Vag really looks like someone attacked it with the hedge clippers :(

I was on the Depo Provera BC shot, but am now a little overdue for my second shot. My diet has recently changed in that I'm on a meal replacement diet and I'm having MUCH less bread/pasta/rice than I have had in the past. Which seems strange that I would get a yeastie NOW with LESS yeast products in my system???

Any opinions?
Thanks!!