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@WCSDancer2010 (or anyone that can help!) so I JUST got my obgyn to give me a script for suppressive therapy. It's been a little bit of a shit show. When I was initially diagnosed my swab came back negative but the bloodwork was very positive. When I called to talk to them about suppressive therapy they asked me how many ob's I had and what they were like. Then they wanted me to call at the next sign of an ob to get it swabbed. I'm not sure why because my bloodwork was a very clear positive. So I had an ob, I called, they swabbed...negative. My guess is that my ob are so minor and maybe I just didn't call in time to get a good swab. They did my bloodwork again to double check...still very positive. My dr seemed a little hesitant to let me try suppressive therapy. She was kinda like "eh, is it really that big of a deal?". I told her that I wanted to see if I could break this cycle of getting ob's every other month or so at ovulation WITHOUT going on birth control. She did agree and gave me a new script. But, here is where I'm a little confused. She wrote me a script for acyclovir 400mg. And said just to take 1 a day...up it to 2 a day if I do get an outbreak. All of the stuff I've read said that 400mg. of acyclovir a day isn't enough for suppression? That it doesn't really cut down shedding at all if you don't take at least 800mg a day. I was just wondering what your thoughts were on this? :)

Ok, so my OB's are very manageable so far. But I get them almost every month. ALWAYS around ovulation. I guess I'm just wondering if this will ever NOT be the case. I mean, I know different things bring on OB's people. But if my trigger is my cycle/ovulation will it ever get better?!

Very good to know! Thanks again!

Thanks so much for your reply @WCSDancer2010! I think I'll talk to my gyno to see about switching up the way my script is written. Right now I just get 6 pills each time I fill it. Basically to take 2 pills a day for 3 days. I think I'd feel more comfortable with having more than 6 on hand in case I do get a bad outbreak OR the 6 pills just don't cut it. So far every outbreak is said and done within a week...but that is with taking the meds. I also use colloidal silver topically (and I take it orally if I feel an OB coming on). I'm also wondering if maybe going on the meds daily for just a short time might break the cycle? I'll definitely check out the links your provided!

Hello. I'm new to this group. I was diagnosed with HSV 1 and 2 last year (February of 2014). My guess is that I got HSV 1 when I was very young as I had cold sores all my life. Not all the time. Maybe once a year. I'm not sure when I got HSV 2. I've been married for 6 years. My spouse does NOT have it. I was not unfaithful. My first outbreak was in Feb. of last year. It was so so minor. In fact I went to see my gyno because I thought maybe I had a yeast infection or something. I did have a small bump that I thought was an ingrown hair. They swabbed it. That came back negative for HSV. But my blood test came back positive for both. I wasn't totally freaked out. But still a little taken back, mostly because it definitely drives me a little nuts that there are so many unknowns. I will say that from age 18 till about 21, I got BV quite a bit. Or at least that is what they treated me for. It only happened when I got my period. And not every month. I'd say a few times a year. Maybe those were outbreaks and I just didn't know. I never had any sores or anything....or at least not that I knew of. After age 21...nothing. I haven't even so much as had a yeast infection since then. I'm 36 now! Last February I went through IVF to try to have a baby. Very stressful. I'm sure that's what brought on my first "outbreak". My gyno gave me valtrex and although the outbreak wasn't bad and clearly almost cleared up, I took it. Since then I've had about 5 or 6 outbreaks (always minor, I'm talking like 1 blister), almost always when I get my period. I take the valtrex at the first sign of it. I get some prodrome symptoms (I think). Like nerve pain in my butt. I only really notice it when I sit on the toilet. It's kinda hard to wrap my head around this since my guess is that I've had HSV 2 for god only knows how long. My stress is under control. I eat well. I exercise. I am taking l-lysine. I know that for some people the outbreaks will lessen as time goes on and the body gets it under control. Now for my question...I'm wondering if I should stop taking the valtrex at the first sign of an outbreak? If I just let my body go through the outbreak without suppressing it with the valtrex, will my body get a handle on this quicker? I hate to complain about it because like I said my outbreaks are very manageable. But it's basically been every other month since the initial one and I'm just at a loss. Although it sounds like a lot of people are in that same boat. Thanks for any help, advice, etc.!