Dec14

Oh. I only had the tingling for a day or so and now it's gone. My initial ob was really severe though. It took over a month to be "completely normal" and like 2 more weeks for the skin to heal completely and be without any soreness. Now it seems to be fine.

The tingling mostly. I haven't seen any spots since the initial outbreak. When did you have your initial outbreak/how many outbreaks have you had?

Just throwing this out there... When I feel "not quite right" like if I have any tingling or feeling particularly stressed or fatigued, I dump an emergen-c packet in some water and drink it. It could be just a mental thing but I sincerely feel better within a couple hours. My mindset is if I know that stress and fatigue (I'm a student) are potential triggers and I'm really having a rough day/week then I give my immune system a little boost just in case. So far it's worked out fine even if it is mind over matter!!!

So I know I haven't been on here in awhile but I've been trying to forget I have herpes! Anyways, went for my recheck and my doctor confirmed I have genital hsv 1. I kind of figured this because the guy I've been seeing for a couple years was tested as well and he was positive for type 1 but not 2. So now I have 2 questions; the first one is is it true that hsv 1 recurrences are less likely and the second, if he has hsv 1 then is it still safe to have sex if I experience prodrome symptoms as long as there's no lesions present? We had a long discussion about it and initially were using condoms but since we both have it, I'm on birth control, and are planning on continuing to see each other we have not been using them.

I had this with my primary outbreak as well. It was pretty terrible for the first few days but it did go away. Like the others have said Ive heard it can be a prodrome symptom as well.

Lol yes I have stayed off google since then! Happy to report that I'm pretty much back to normal after 2.5 weeks except for a little lower back pain near my spine. Otherwise I almost forget about it already! Yoga helps!

Has anyone ever died from herpes? There was this Google story about a girl my age (25) about some sort of virus dissemination (not even sure what that is or if it's real?) anyways she died and now I'm freaking out about that!

I am all about alternative/holistic medicine so I will try the tea tree oil. Things are clearing up pretty well now. I'm not having anxiety attacks all day everyday either. I still worry about unrealistic fears (hypochondriacs really shouldn't get viruses :) !) but it's getting better. The leg pain is a lot less and sleeping with a memory foam pillow has gotten rid of the headache. Not to mention you guys have helped a lot! Still extremely tired but I guess between the emotional and physically tolls that's what happens.

Thanks guys! Going commando has helped. & I can do it at work because I wear scrubs everyday. As of this morning looks like some of the outer ulcers are scabbing over and I can actually pee without too much fear! So there is improvement. Besides being uncomfortable, would it benefit me to stay home an extra day? I wasn't sure if walking around for 10 hours would really inhibit the healing process?

I was just diagnosed with HSV via culture swab when I broke out in ulcers this week. I began taking the Valtrex about four days in and I have noticed some improvement (day 7 of the whole thing), but then when I went to the store this morning walking around irritated everything again. How am I supposed to go to work like this? I still can only manage to pee without excruciating pain when I'm in the bath tub. Epsom salt baths have helped but how will I be able to tell when they are starting to scab over? They seem to just keep oozing. The other thing I noticed yesterday is shots of nerve pain in my thighs and tingling/numbness occasionally in my legs. Is this normal? It's a bit overwhelming. The other thing is looking for information I came across a "Occasional but rare complications can be meningitis or encephalitis". Is that true?! Now every head twinge or throb I have I freak out. It probably sounds ridiculous but Ive always been very careful with my health and in just the last few years started controlling my anxiety attacks. Now it seems like it's all spiraling out of control! Any information would be helpful.