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is anyone else experiancing outbreaks every 2 weeks?:(

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taylor8
taylor8

Im new to this site! Im 25 years old I caught genital herpes 3 years ago and only ever had my first outbreak..then for the past 3 months ive had the constantly every 2 weeks.doctor gave my supressive therapy but still ive experianced an outbreak now..does anyone else feel so down when they have outbreaks?sad

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  • jackie_76457
    jackie_76457 taylor8

    Posted

    Hi Taylor- did your specialist ever find out why you were having frequent outbreaks?
    • heatherLynne
      heatherLynne jackie_76457

      Posted

      I would like to know as well. I too get frequent OB had this for 2 years and take valtex daily. Also get OB in different spots. My OBGYN agrees it's odd but has never offered an explanation. 

  • sarah41638
    sarah41638 taylor8

    Posted

    Hello all, I was diagnosed in 2009 and I was devastated. My first outbreak was the worst ever and mine seems to be triggered by shaving the genital area. Recently though I had surgery on my nose and have been on a serious of antibiotics and pain meds and I've had about 4 outbreaks in the last week. Basically one every couple of days. Normally I get maybe 5-6 a year. And I no longer take valtrex because the outbreaks are so few and far between. I'm assuming my issue is the meds I was on have weakened my immune system. I'll try some vitamins to boost me back up. I hope it helps. It's just so uncomfortable!

  • Marie1616
    Marie1616 taylor8

    Posted

    Hey everybody! Just found out I have genital herpes 2-3weeks ago & the first outbreak was SOOO unbelievably painful & excruciating that I couldn't move & had to call out of work. On top of that the utter shock & shame was so depressing because I waited to have sex for the right guy& turns out he had herpes& he didn't know it like most cases & he feels terrible about it. so I guess I'm just lucky but at least I know who I got it from-& it's from someone I love & plan to be with forever hopefully & if it doesn't work out with him I'm NEVER dating again because I will not survive having to tell a guy I have this-& being rejected. I'd rather be alone.

    Anyway just when I was considering suicide I read that the first outbreak is the worst and mostly you don't really get outbreaks as much after so I was thinking I can handle this maybe. Took Valtrex & cleared up within a week thank god. Now 2 weeks later I think I am having ANOTHER outbreak ALREADY!! I am getting my period though so I'm PRAYING it's just because of that and I'm not even sure if this is a herpes outbreak. It looks like a weird lump or something i am sure it has to be another outbreak and I don't know if I should call my doctor to get more Valtrex??? or just ride it out and hopefully won't be as bad as last time or I CAN'T live with this cuz is this lump/blister gonna burst open and be like the first time or is it only that bad that first time. I don't even know cuz I'm so new to this it's a nightmare & can't tell the signs or if I even have an outbreak happening. I was really hoping it would be like I wouldn't have another ANOTHER for months or years but I guess not. I'm terrified to shave down there but feel like I have to and was planning to try a Brazilian wax after my period so I wouldn't have to shave as often but is that gonna make me have ANOTHER outbreak if I do it once this one heals?? It helps knowing others have this and I just don't know what to do because there's only so much I can Google till it all says the same stuff. There's a part of me that thinks it's not so bad but another part is terrified and so disgusted with myself and I constantly WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING so I guess that'll spark more outbreaks. I'm not sure I can live with this but I'm gonna give it a good try I suppose. Any answers from your own experience or anything would be GREAT!!

    • Sara12345
      Sara12345 Marie1616

      Posted

      I see your post was 9 months ago. How have you been since then? I'm 42 and got this when I was 20 from a guy I really loved who didn't know he had it. It didn't work out with him and I thought I'd never be able to be with anyone else. Who would accept me? But I was really good friends with an old boyfriend and I was so devastated about it & I told him. He said there'd be someone who wouldn't mind. It turned out to be him, we ended up together and have been married since 1996. He's never gotten it from me. I'm very careful. I've used the Valtrex and famvir. But the doc I see now thinks those meds are stupid, he doesn't prescribe them says they don't work that herpes is no big deal anyway so why take meds, he has no idea obviously. With the meds it's only about 5 days, without it it's up to 2 weeks long for me. This has been the first time I just got over one and then, boom another outbreak came! I've had 4 children, all vaginally, normal and never spread it to anyone. I used to not get them so much, like 4 times a year, but now maybe I'm going through early menopause or its because I had my tubes tied back in November. Maybe its hormonal cause I do get them sometimes with my period. Sometimes they're small, but other times horrible. Sometimes just paiful, sometimes extremely itchy AND painful. I hate it! They usually occur when I'm stressed out, sick, or haven't had much sleep. Like right before a vacation when I've been getting everything ready, or on holidays. Anyway, it sucks and I feel very down when I get them. But it's just part of life. We have to accept it. I've been using one of the spray bottles you get after you have a birth from the hospital, fill it up with warm water and Dr Bonners tea tree soap, it's anti viral, anti bacterial. I also use Epsom salt in a spray bottle with water. I just started taking L-lysine and vitamin C supposed to help. I guess I will see. Hope you're doing much better. I agree to not tell anyone who doesn't have it, I never have, only my husband and mother knows (of course doctors do, and the nurses when you give birth, it's embarrassing but it's a medical condition so the medical people don't judge you, at least not to your face). It's so common now though, many people probably have it and never say. I'm a nurse and it's like 3 out of 5 people, in my nursing class were 25 people and they all acted like herpes is so gross etc, of course I didn't say I had it, so I knew there were others in my class who have it too, you just keep it to yourself. I'm hoping your doing much better now though. With me it's up and down.
    • risse23172
      risse23172 Sara12345

      Posted

      Hi sarah I just Read ur story ..... Wow! I must say 4 kids great ... Im 24 ive only had herpes for abt 10mnths now got it from a previous relationship so happen i taught i was gonna spend the rest of my life alone but im in a relationship with my best fren now...

      Only problem is that every month im having and outbreak i use no meds except acry cream at times i always practice safe sex so far he hasnt had had signs or sort but i cant deal with outbreaks so often think im goimg nuts and we are actually planning to start a family but with outbreaks everytime during ovulation basically idk .... any advice what i can do .... Cos im also scared to bring a baby in this world to see if they hadda suffer with this......

  • love00472
    love00472 taylor8

    Posted

    I'm experiencing this now?? Any luck?
    • Seeds09
      Seeds09 love00472

      Posted

      Hi!

      I take Acyclovir 400mg, one tablet a day as a suppressive treatment and it works wonders for me. I was very very depressed and just, for lack of better words, distraught when I found out. I contacted it from my bf, whom I've been with for over two years ago, very early on in our relationship. He was highly sexually active before he met me and had be tested once or twice but not within the last 6 months before he met me. So, he had no idea he had it, in which case, he ended up giving it to me. In the beginning my outbreaks were very frequent and I was so worried that it would be like that forever. But with the suppressive treatment I take daily I only have a very mild outbreak once every couple months that only last a day or two max. Stress and rough sex are huge triggers. I might also suggest looking in to taking some vitamin C tablets daily. Those help boost your immune system which also lessens the break out frequency. There are a LOT of people out there who have what we have but you would never know it. If you can figure out a way to reduce the frequency of the outbreaks, you will feel so much better mentally and physically. Some days I even forget I have it!

    • roxketcrazy1
      roxketcrazy1 Seeds09

      Posted

      Hi, please give some updates please.

      Im a newby herpes member.

  • tilania22
    tilania22 taylor8

    Posted

    I have had it since I was 21, and only had outbreak when immune system is extremely low. Like twice in ten years then maybe four times the following ten years, but last six months been every two weeks. I get scared that maybe there is a reason that my immune system is so low as I been quite ill for months. I take about 7 different vitamin supplements a day but it's not working. Never had therapy and was never offered anything either? ??

    • lisa53847
      lisa53847 tilania22

      Posted

      Hi tilapia. What is your age. I have been told that it could be hormones but have no solution.
  • losingmymi58154
    losingmymi58154 taylor8

    Posted

    Yes it makes me feel so bad that sometimes I think about suicide but my kids are the reason why I haven't. I can't do them like that. I hope it gets better for you taylor8

    • roxketcrazy1
      roxketcrazy1 losingmymi58154

      Posted

      Hi, how you doing. Just wanted to know any help how you cope please.

      Im new to herpes , i found the depression is the struggle..and talking about is so hard.

    • Mellow1234
      Mellow1234 roxketcrazy1

      Posted

      Hi just wanted to share my experience i was diagnosed about 8 months aga and has been hard but it does get better the first few months i felt horrible and depressed but as time goes u learn to deal with it.

      I find stress is a big trigger i still get frequent outbreaks but seem to get better quicker now.

      I know its hard to talk to people so just wanted to be an ear of anyone needs to talk.

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