Please Help: Recurrent Yeast Infections (thrush - I’m in UK) Confirmed

Hello all - I’m honestly hoping you reply en masse as I really need some help for others who are in my position. I’m 39f and, probably for the last year or more, I have been suffering with vaginal yeast infections. In the last 6 months, this has been horrific to the point where I was getting it twice monthly. It seemed to be hormonal (worse in literal phase) but then it got even more frequent.

Nurse at my GPs was great but wasn’t an expert. She followed the NHS guidance which is 6 months of fluconazole (intense for first 9 days, then weekly).

However, other than that I have had no advice. From this sub, I believe I need biofilm busters, a Candida diet and probiotics, but I have no idea which ones and as I am already on fluconazole, I really want to get on with the other stuff asap. I am certain that finding a medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about this will be nigh on impossible.

The thrush got so bad that my skin was raw and bleeding. I cannot tell you how catastrophic this was for my mental health, wellbeing and sex life. Prior to this, I did have some strange histamine experiences I had never had before (September 2024). Hives and oedema.