Jessica08

I’m so sorry to hear that. When I disclosed to a guy and he needed time to process the information I sent him some YouTube videos that are very informative on HSV. Those videos actually helped him process the information along with me being open and honest about my HSV and giving him all the facts and answering all his questions. I also gave him statistics on how beneficial suppressive therapy is when in a relationship with a herpes negative. With all that, he continued to want to see me. Hope this helps.

Congratulations!!!!

Bear8406 what is your dosage? My dr did end up giving me the medication but she stated she would make a note that she did not agree with me being on the medication. She prescribed me 400mg acyclovir 2x a day.

Hi, I asked for my DR to put me on suppression therapy, not for outbreaks but to protect someone I am seeing who is herpes negative. She told me she does not agree with it. She said the benefits do not outweigh the risk of taking the medication. Did anyone else experience this with their DR? Has anyone felt like it did more harm to their bodies than good?

Thank you Elle for answering this for me.

Hi, i disclosed a few days ago and one of the questions he asked me last night was, if he could get HSV2 on his mouth if he goes down on me? I’m not sure how to answer this, I know it’s a possibility that it can if I’m having an active outbreak and he goes down on me. I know HSV2 prefers to live in the genital areas opposed to the mouth. All guys I’ve met who have HSV2 and who continue to go down on women who also have HSV2 have never had sores in their mouth due to it. I’ve also gone down on guys who have HSV2 and I do not/ never experienced sores on my mouth. Can someone clarify this for me as I don’t want to pass on the wrong information to a potential partner. Thank you!!!

I’m sorry but that is not okay. You need to tell him. It is your responsibility as the infected party to not infect others/ to disclose and allow the other party to make that decision on their own. It’s not okay. By not disclosing you are taking away the other party’s right to decide if they want to choose to have sex with an infected individual or not. This is not your decision to make!!! It’s extremely immature to not disclose. If you are too embarrassed or too afraid to disclose you should not be having sex then. End of story. I’m truly grossed out by others not disclosing before having sex. Rather you feel like your not infectious or not. It is not your choice!! Don’t take that away from your partner. Just because we have herpes does not mean we have to be irresponsible and possible infect others. Do for others what was not done for us (disclose).