moonchild

Also this probably needs to go into "Herpes Questions." My bad.

I contracted HSV2 August of 2013 and I have had countless outbreaks since then. They have decreased in severity, actually I BARELY notice I'm having one now. The only way I can tell is I feel very slight discomfort working out or wearing tight pants and I'll look and sure enough, one tiny tiny bump that is gone in about 2 days. BUT, I am literally constantly having one... I would say I get an outbreak at least once or twice a month. I eat very healthy, work out everyday, and for the most part, get plenty of sleep. I do, however, have anxiety and a very stressful job. Which I think may contribute. BUT, I'm just wondering if this is normal for the first year? I would really like to avoid getting on suppressive therapy, but I can't deal with constant outbreaks.. Did anyone else experience something similar? When did it get better?

WOw.... This is awesome, good share.

Hey, I just wanted to get all of your opinions on disclosing genital herpes (HSV2) before receiving oral sex. I really don't see the point and never do this. Sexual intercourse, ofcourse I'll disclose, but oral sex... Nah. What says you?

I've accepted that I have genital and oral herpes. Even though I haven't had a genital outbreak yet, I know my body. I've definitely had symptoms that I can't ignore. I know deep down that I do have it. I disclosed my status to the person I love last night. We are broken up, we haven't seen each other in over a year, he's been traveling Europe. I'm going to see him in a week for Christmas, so I was going to wait to tell him in person, but I couldn't wait any longer. After reading "how to" after "how to" to prepare myself, when it came down to it, I forgot everything I had read and pretty much did it all so wrong! I started crying. Said "you'll never want to be with me again." AND THEN, I started off by saying "I have a disease... A sexually transmitted disease.. And I will have it for the rest of my life... Maybe you should move on and find someone else, I don't know. I'm sorry this happened." He started crying. He became kind of hysterical and kept saying he loved me and he wanted to have kids with me, how could this have happened. When I started going into more detail, he stopped me and said "Are you kidding me? It's just herpes?? I thought you were going to tell me you have HIV. You made it sound like you were dying. This isn't a big deal. Thank god." I guess I was overly dramatic, it was my first time telling anyone and I was so nervous. He seems fine with it though. He kept reassuring me it wasn't a big deal and everyone has herpes now.

I was diagnosed with HSV2 about 4 months ago. My symptoms were this: 2 cold sores on my mouth and strange tingly feeling but no outbreak on my genitals. I got a blood test a month later and came back positive. Since then, I've had 2 outbreaks. The next one was the same as the first, tingly numb feeling on my genitals for about a day, and then a cold sore appeared on my mouth. The third outbreak, absolutely no tingly feeling, just a cold sore. My doctor said it's impossible to know if I have genital herpes without an outbreak. I for sure have the virus, and something tells me it resides in both locations on my body. Why else would I have felt the tingling? I'm disclosing to someone that I have feelings for, that I've loved since I was 19, and I don't know exactly what to say, because I myself do not fully understand my condition. Do I say I have oral herpes and MIGHT have genital herpes? Do I say I have both? DO I have both? Has anyone else experienced these weird symptoms?