I had my first outbreak in June of 2018. It took about 4-5 months for me to get my first outbreak. But the past few months, I feel like the outbreaks won’t stop. There have been a couple weeks where I get two outbreaks in one week. I hate taking the valtrex medication, and as crazy as it sounds, I feel like taking it everyday can make me immune to it. My doctor’s nurse suggested I take it daily for three months to “break the cycle,” but when I started the three months, I had two outbreaks in the first two weeks. I stopped taking it daily about two months into the three months (about two weeks ago) and already had an outbreak.
I have a friend with genital herpes as well (she doesn’t know I have it) who says she never takes her medication and rarely gets an outbreak, and when she does, it isn’t painful. Does anyone have any suggestions? Advice? I just really don’t want to take this medication everyday for the rest of my life. I’m 24.