I tried to wait out this month....five days in I couldn't deal anymore. By second dose of flagyl I was feeling better BUT I noticed my period was ending. I may look into OCP but the point of the hubs getting a vasectomy was so I wouldn't need birth control. A doc I know who is a poucher got a mirena and said it made her worse. Oh, make a plan watch God laugh....does anyone take vsl and have improvement? The whole microbiota theory. Ps-thanks to everyone who has helped with responses now and in the past. I wouldn't have made it so mentally intact, however tenuous it has been at times. I need to reread some research. I did find some stuff on PubMed regarding sex hormones IBD and IBS. Both reiterating what Jan and Rachel stated. Found a case review on IBD or that took DHEA with resolution of symptoms while she was on it.