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How long did the second one last? How bad were the symptoms? Since I started back on the meds it seems like my symptoms have sort of disappeared. Only symptoms I have now is the weird burning feeling in my vagina which is what I experienced before my first outbreak. I'm worried that I'll continue to experience outbreaks because I have hypothyroidism and ny immune system sucks. I started a multivitamin and I'm hoping that will help. I'm still fairly new to this. I found out only a week and 2 days ago.

I was diagnosed in august so im still new also. My first outbreak lasted a few dsys before i started meds then symptoms were pretty well gone after 3 days on the meds.. they came back within a week and i called the dr and started them again. After my 3rd outbreak in the span of 2 momths she started me on daily meds. Even on the med s i still have some tingling in my vaginia but i chalk it uo to having it the rest of my life

When I called and told them I was experiencing more symptoms after my first outbreak they started me on Valacyclovir for 5 days and they gave me 5 refills on them. They told me if I keep experiencing the symptoms back to back like this they'll start me on suppressive therapy. I wish I had better control over the outbreaks.

Unfortunately theres no way to control them besides meds that i know of.. i had triggers before i started on daily meds.. shaving my pubic area and sever stress triggered mine ive heard some people say chocolate triggers outbreaks. Youll learn about ur triggers as u go on. I cant stress this enough tho DO NOT feel like youll never be loved again or anything like that.. hsv isnt a huge deal i promise. Once your body builds the antibodies it will get better

I believe stress is what caused my first one. I was in the middle of Psychology finals and was very stressed about them. Luckily I passed, lol. But I'm actually married. I've been married for 1 1/2 years so imagine my surprise when I got the call about my results. Neither me or my husband have every cheated. My doctor told me that I could've had it for years and I didn't know that the "full panel" STD/STI check didn't include being tested for HSV. My husband doesn't want to get tested because he thinks he's fine but you never know.

My husband and i have been together for 16 year so there was ALOT of surprise when i found out. I was super surprised when i found out that the std panel doesnt test for it. Ive had 2 kids and was shocked to find out..

I've had two kids as well. One who is 4 which was born vaginally and my sone who is 9 months born by emergency csection. I can't believe they don't check for that in pregnancy. Luckily both of my kids are healthy. And wow, after 16 years I'd be so shocked.

Yes very shocking. It should be done in std panels cause it is something id love to have known a long time ago i had

Same here. And I feel like if we tell doctors we want to be tested for "everything" then that should be included in it. Idk, maybe it's just me. All these years I've been getting tested and everything has come back negative. I thought that meant EVERYTHING but nope. I've actually been feeling better about it. I don't want to stress myself out about it because I know its something I'm stuck with. I just want to live a healthy and stress free life. I've been so on edge lately because I don't want to pass it to my kids. Although I had a genital outbreak I haven't even been kissing my kids because I'm so scared of what could happen

I was like that at first too.. made sure i constantly washed my hands and never leave towels laying around.. then i read more and more and realized its not transmitted like that unless youve just scratched a sore or something like that.. love your kids dont let this virus define you sweetie. That will just depress you even more about this.. we didnt ask for it. If given the choice about it we definitely would have said no. As long as your partner is ok with the possibility (my husband is ok with it even tho hes a little paranoid lol) then who cares what others think.