Genital HSV 1 chance of outbreaks & recurrences?

Hi! I have hsv1, the first outbreak was on my genitals, from the same way - the guy who had it didn't "know" cold sores were bad and could spread and "one must have been forming" - What a d******d.

Any whoo i was diagnosed maybe 7 months agoish - Since then I broke out in cold sores twice, first face one was worse than the second, and during the first, I got sores on my throat too but at the similar (but not the same time) time of the genitalia outbreak.

In terms of genital outbreak, i mistook it for being sore from rough sex, and was essentially bed ridden for a week (just under) from the flu symptoms it brought and the many aggressive sores,

since then i have had outbreak scares where I've had the symptoms like itch or pain but no sores, so I'm still not confident they were a second outbreak

About 2 months ago, I got 3 bumps which looked like blisters - I used cold sore cream and my pills and it disappeared almost immediately so.... was that an outbreak or just a rash from uncomfortable underwear? Who knows, probably the latter

Honestly I think that I'm so scared of getting an outbreak, I keep mistaking everything as one.

I got hsv1 about 14 years ago from oral sex. My first outbreak I have cuts and swelling and felt quite ill for a couple of weeks. I’ve had outbreaks since but nothing as bad as that. 

For the first 5 years I had quite a lot of tingling, nerve pain and itching but no actual blister outbreaks but then was fine for a few years and thought the virus had burnt out. Towards the end of my pregnancy 2 years ago the prodromal symptoms have started to come back (burning, nerve pain, needing to wee a lot) and then again for the last 6 months.  I’m not sure why after all these years. I’m taking lysine and olive leaf extract.  

Im not sure you would have caused the extra blisters by using cream as the virus is just in the lower half of your body and blisters can appear anywhere and not always in the same place on subsequent outbreaks. It’s possible that the outbreak just developed more over a few days. 

I’ve been prescribed aciclovir in the past and bought it online but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I’ve heard valtrex is better. Did you get it from a clinic as my gp seemed reluctant to offer it. You can buy it online in uk but it’s expensive. 

Glad you are feeling better anyway and fingers crossed you won’t get another episode. Just try and keep your immune system strong and avoid nuts and chocolate. I don’t know if you’ve looked at these sites already but Herpes virus association uk has some info and products on it and I found Herpes.org.nz useful but this was a long time ago. I was told to avoid the American sites as they make everything seem worse than it is. 

Hi, my first recurrence was 8 months after first ob, that one has no visible sores but had painful urination for two days abd tingling around genital and anal area. My second recurrence is right now . This one has visible sores at anal area, swelling, and itch for seven days. No sores at genital. But some tingling. The trigger I knew was peanuts and cashews I ate a lot in the past weeks. Never had any oral herpes ob but mouth corner was sometimes a little bit red.

Hsv 1 is such a damn virus. The skin is just one thing but the emotional side of it, the depressed mood, and constant worries of hiv ... checked 6 times in 18 months all negative, but still not convinced myself. Its just driving me crazy. Everytime I feel something wrong down there brought back the scary memory if first infection and std screening. Damn.