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@WCSDancer2010 I will try that! I will do anything I can Thank you for all the advice it is really helpful. :)

@whitedaisies I have been to the Gyno many many times. And before I started the antiviral regularly I was having monthly OB! Its been a rough transition for me. It has been 9 months since my first OB. After stopping the daily antiviral I had an OB about 10 days later. @TaniaUllarich I was taking the suppressive therapy so one pill a day for about a month and had a constant yeast infection. I would kill it with the anti fungal pill as well as the cream and with in 24 hours after I felt better boom another one was starting. @WCSDancer2010 This current OB hasn't been the worst however it is still not the funnest thing to deal with. I will say that is is taking longer to heal tho. But I am not currently seeing anyone and not sleeping with anyone so i thought now is the best time for me to "deal" with them so my body can learn to do it's thing and build up those antibodies. And hopefully I will have one or two a year or even none. I am trying every method at this point to find out what is really going to work well for my body. I take daily Lysine, vitamin C and Zinc supplements. I drink a TON of water, not a lot of soda. My diet is pretty good and I workout on a regular basis about 4-5 days a week. I would prefer to just treat as they happen but if they are happening every month then I wish I could do suppressive but with suppressive causing yeast infections I can't have that constantly either. I hope to find a good balance with the supplements and maybe taking the antiviral twice a week instead of daily maybe that will give my body enough to lesson the OB's and also be less enough to not cause yeast infections.

I have frequent outbreaks and started taking daily suppressive therapy with Valtrex. The fortunate thing is that the OB stopped HOWEVER in replace of the OB I was having constant yeast infections. Has anyone else any had issues such as this? I stopped taking the daily suppressive therapy of Valtrex and not to my surprise the yeast infections stopped but about 10 days later I and my first OB. I have not taken any antivirals as I wanted my body to deal with it on it's own however it is taking longer then it would have if I had treated it with the meds. My first question is, is it a bad idea NOT to take the antiviral when having an OB? Second question is, if I don't take anything and let my body deal on its own as they happen will my body build up the antibodies to eventually have them happen less frequently? My hope is that my body learns to deal and not have ANY or just less? I am open to any suggestions or anything that I can do that might help. I obviously can take the daily suppressive otherwise I have to deal with yeast infections it's almost like which one would I prefer to have H OB or a yeast infection for the rest of my life. I am pretty much over the frustration of this but rather in a trial and error phase to find out what is going to work for my body to keep it in balance. Its been a struggle but I am hoping that eventually everything will find nice balance! I was thinking of taking the antiviral 2 times a week to at least have it in my system and hopefully with that little amount might control the OB and not give me the yeast infections. Can anyone relate at all to this?

@WCSDancer2010. I 100% agree with you. In fact just yesterday my therapist asked me to write down what I am grateful for. And what I am grateful for is the fact that I do have this skin condition and not something much worse such as HIV or Cancer. I have stricken that phrase and am working on pushing out all the negativity that I do feel and am focusing on what it will teach me, not only about myself but about people who DESERVE to be in my life. After my post yesterday I realized just how much I am letting this bring me down and I don't want to continue to feel that way which I feel is the first step in really really healing and growing. This is a journey that I am ready to go on and deal with and it helps to have this site as a support. Thank you for the hugs virtual or not it means a lot. :)

Hi Everyone, I am a female in my early 30's and was just diagnosed about 6 months ago. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I would love to have someone/ones to talk to male or female, local, non local. I am up for video chatting and emailing, phone conversations. I would like to give as well as receive support and advice. It is good knowing that I can talk to someone to vent when I am having an OB or am feeling down about what is happening to me. The emotional support is what is needed the most. I want someone to be there for me and I want to be there for someone as well. I would even be willing to meet in person. I is just a huge comfort to know that I can talk to people who understand! :) looking forward to it.

Thank you for responding. Yesterday was just a horrible day I was uncomfortable and it just broke me down. @herrytheherp, Thank you! You are correct, a warm heart is much better then charcoal. I am striving for the day when I have let go of all that. I am still a work in progress but know in my hear that I don't want this to define me. I am strong and will get past this and the anger will subside. Thank you for all the advise. As for the treatment. I do actually have a dr appointment soon where I am going to discuss suppressive therapy. I currently am taking Valtrex to treat outbreaks as they happen however being that they happen every month right now I feel suppressive daily therapy might be the way to go. My only concern is long term effects. I would love nothing more then for my body to be able to suppress on its own but it just isn't doing that right now. @Sparklepony thank you as well. I know that I need to let go of the anger and I am striving towards that and taking things one day at a time, which is all I can do at this point. I want nothing more then to feel like myself again and I am really working towards that. Just hearing from you guys has helped me feel better already. I know I am not alone with this and it helps to actually talk to others who know what I am going through. I haven't been able to do that. So thank you! @WCSDancer2010, thank you it is reassuring to know that I am not going to be a lost cause and Love is and will be mine when the time is right! This site is going to be very beneficial to me and I my healing and dealing! :)

6 Months ago I had my first genital herpes outbreak and pretty much ever since then it has been a constant struggle between monthly reoccurring outbreaks and the emotional pain of having this disease. The devastation comes back to me each time I have an outbreak. I am looking for anything and everything that will make them stop. I have changed my diet taking supplements such as Vitamin C and Lysine daily. I am constantly blaming myself with the woulda, coulda, shoulda's! I get angry and mad at the person who gave me this horrible disease. They knew they had it and didn't tell me and now I have to suffer for the rest of my life. I have people whom I can vent to but no one really knows what I am going through all they can do is feel sorry for me. This has totally devastated me. I try to be positive but it is so hard when I have the constant outbreaks. I just want those to stop and once they do I feel I can hopefully cope better. I would love to just be able to talk to someone who knows exactly how I feel. And then there is dating and sex which completely scares the hell out of me. How can I possibly think about that when I feel I am constantly contagious. The fear of rejection is huge and the fear of spreading this to someone. Even tho I wasn't given the right to decide I would never do that to someone else. If anyone can help me in any sort of way, even if it is just reassurance that I will be ok that I am not going to go crazy with guilt and anger at not only him but myself.