Maybe there are some silver linings?

[WhiteCat]

Hi everyone,
Firstly, I’d like to thank Jimi for running and operating this forum. I promise to donate soon.

I’ve had bad breath my whole life. I remember the first time I was told. It was by my grandma and I was maybe 6?

FYI I am currently a 40yo woman.

Grandma said both my brother and I had it. I cannot smell it on him so I am unsure if he still suffers...

It has destroyed many potential relationships, most before they began.

Luckily, I am very attractive and men as it turns out are willing to overlook this issue.

Although, I am always VERY careful what type of men I have allowed to get close enough to date/ kiss/ sleep with etc.

Only quiet, kind and sensitive men.

I would say my chronic bad breath has at various times blessing in disguise because it has done several things in my favour.

Firstly, I desperately wanted a young man that I was crazy in love with as a young girl and then young woman. I did become his girlfriend but nerves make my breath 100 x worse and if was ****ing unbearable for both of us.

But on the plus side, he was terribly abusive - he was actually expelled from our high school for having a previous girlfriend bashed.,, he also later became a heroin addict which he remains to this day.

If it weren’t for my B.B. I probably would have married him and I am not joking.

There were several other boys that I missed out on dating, guys that pursued me and I wanted them too but I was too ashamed to let them close.

Another potential positive is that I think I had the potential to have been a real slut.

My sex drive has always been extreme, but because of B.B. I did not lose my virginity until I was 18.

I have only slept with 8 men total, and I married 2 of them.
I had many, many sexual opportunities as I lived with my single mother growing up and she was totally neglectful, as a result I spent lots of time with the neighbourhood guys... but I felt I couldn’t indulge the way my friends did.

One final positive, although this is multifactoral, is that I am an excellent romantic and life partner.

My boyfriends and husbands have always really loved me. I have always totally devoted myself to them and their needs during our relationships.

As a result I have always been able to call the shots.

I say it is multifactoral because my mother is an ignoring narcissist and spending my entire childhood vying for her attention helped me to learn how to be cute, charming, funny, entertaining and disarming.

BUT, on the negative side. And this shouldn’t be minimised...

My B.B. has brought me terrible mental health issues, I have had two major nervous breakdowns. The first was when I broke up with that guy I mentioned earlier.
My breakdown was so bad that I left school and had to repeat the year. (Grade 11)

My second was my first year of university. My breakdown was because I was away at school, really, really broke and feeling so much alone.

I felt unlovable and I had never needed to be loved more.

I finally married in 2001 for the first time, but I left him shortly after.
I married again in 2007 and we are still together.

He, my current husband has mentioned my breath to me. He still wants to kiss me (Christ knows why?) but I rarely kiss on the lips and avoid breathing on people as a rule.

This affliction is really heartbreaking, but for me, I must reluctantly admit it might have helped me in some ways...

My love to you all xxx

[Summerside]

Hi everyone,
Firstly, I’d like to thank Jimi for running and operating this forum. I promise to donate soon.

I’ve had bad breath my whole life. I remember the first time I was told. It was by my grandma and I was maybe 6?

FYI I am currently a 40yo woman.

Grandma said both my brother and I had it. I cannot smell it on him so I am unsure if he still suffers...

It has destroyed many potential relationships, most before they began.

Luckily, I am very attractive and men as it turns out are willing to overlook this issue.

Although, I am always VERY careful what type of men I have allowed to get close enough to date/ kiss/ sleep with etc.

Only quiet, kind and sensitive men.

I would say my chronic bad breath has at various times blessing in disguise because it has done several things in my favour.

Firstly, I desperately wanted a young man that I was crazy in love with as a young girl and then young woman. I did become his girlfriend but nerves make my breath 100 x worse and if was ****ing unbearable for both of us.

But on the plus side, he was terribly abusive - he was actually expelled from our high school for having a previous girlfriend bashed.,, he also later became a heroin addict which he remains to this day.

If it weren’t for my B.B. I probably would have married him and I am not joking.

There were several other boys that I missed out on dating, guys that pursued me and I wanted them too but I was too ashamed to let them close.

Another potential positive is that I think I had the potential to have been a real slut.

My sex drive has always been extreme, but because of B.B. I did not lose my virginity until I was 18.

I have only slept with 8 men total, and I married 2 of them.
I had many, many sexual opportunities as I lived with my single mother growing up and she was totally neglectful, as a result I spent lots of time with the neighbourhood guys... but I felt I couldn’t indulge the way my friends did.

One final positive, although this is multifactoral, is that I am an excellent romantic and life partner.

My boyfriends and husbands have always really loved me. I have always totally devoted myself to them and their needs during our relationships.

As a result I have always been able to call the shots.

I say it is multifactoral because my mother is an ignoring narcissist and spending my entire childhood vying for her attention helped me to learn how to be cute, charming, funny, entertaining and disarming.

BUT, on the negative side. And this shouldn’t be minimised...

My B.B. has brought me terrible mental health issues, I have had two major nervous breakdowns. The first was when I broke up with that guy I mentioned earlier.
My breakdown was so bad that I left school and had to repeat the year. (Grade 11)

My second was my first year of university. My breakdown was because I was away at school, really, really broke and feeling so much alone.

I felt unlovable and I had never needed to be loved more.

I finally married in 2001 for the first time, but I left him shortly after.
I married again in 2007 and we are still together.

He, my current husband has mentioned my breath to me. He still wants to kiss me (Christ knows why?) but I rarely kiss on the lips and avoid breathing on people as a rule.

This affliction is really heartbreaking, but for me, I must reluctantly admit it might have helped me in some ways...

My love to you all xxx

Why dont you tell us a little more about what you have tried so far, what tests have been made etc.

[WhiteCat]

Fasting seems to help.
I once went on an exclusion diet for six weeks
Strictly no dairy, sugar or flour I think it was. No change.

I’ve tried apple cider vinegar, no dice.

I’ve used otc decongestants for my pnd. No good. Did nothing.

I’ve used amphetamines as a decongestant - was fun. But again. Nope.

I did the chlorine rinse. I’m not keen on it.

I also bought the dental pro biotics, I like them but I think they have limited potential for me.

I have bought products from Dr. Katz... and other bullshit remedy places which are nothing more than scams in my opinion.

I believe my problem is in my mouth at this point, I might really give the chlorine bleach a good try as soon as my current apathy wears off.

I usually go in cycles of being motivated to do something for this endless problem and just giving up.

[Summerside]

Fasting seems to help.
I once went on an exclusion diet for six weeks
Strictly no dairy, sugar or flour I think it was. No change.

I’ve tried apple cider vinegar, no dice.

I’ve used otc decongestants for my pnd. No good. Did nothing.

I’ve used amphetamines as a decongestant - was fun. But again. Nope.

I did the chlorine rinse. I’m not keen on it.

I also bought the dental pro biotics, I like them but I think they have limited potential for me.

I have bought products from Dr. Katz... and other bullshit remedy places which are nothing more than scams in my opinion.

I believe my problem is in my mouth at this point, I might really give the chlorine bleach a good try as soon as my current apathy wears off.

I usually go in cycles of being motivated to do something for this endless problem and just giving up.

What specialists have you seen? Naturopath? Ever tried bentonite clay?

[WhiteCat]

No specialists unless you include general practitioners and dentists.

I have never tried the clay but I was thinking about trying diactomaceous earth - however you spell it.

I know that there’s no cure for what I have, only management.

I don’t know of any long term sufferer that has been cured, do you?

I’ll be stuck like this until the day I die.

[Summerside]

No specialists unless you include general practitioners and dentists.

I have never tried the clay but I was thinking about trying diactomaceous earth - however you spell it.

I know that there’s no cure for what I have, only management.

I don’t know of any long term sufferer that has been cured, do you?

I’ll be stuck like this until the day I die.

Yes there are some long turn suffererd that found a cure.
I still have hope for me. My bb is not really bad but it still affects my relationships of course.
I started today with the clay (bentonite and husk)

Also i am waiting for the results from my food sensitivity test
Dont give up

[Cureplzz]

You know what I feel the same way my younger sister younger cousin friends all have slept around with multiple guys I've only slept with one who I feel I hold on to bc of my bb sorry but its the truth I know for a fact that if i didn't have this curse I would of gotten around I always wonder was it's like with other men oh I also would be a total party gal lol with lots of friend's I'm only 25 so who knows........praying for a miracle

[ikageorgian]

You know what I feel the same way my younger sister younger cousin friends all have slept around with multiple guys I've only slept with one who I feel I hold on to bc of my bb sorry but its the truth I know for a fact that if i didn't have this curse I would of gotten around I always wonder was it's like with other men oh I also would be a total party gal lol with lots of friend's I'm only 25 so who knows........praying for a miracle

@Cureplzz. Bleach rinse is not helping you out anymore? If not, tell us how come it stopped working and in what time span?