It was a relief in someway to read the experience of @getbetter111 and @williteverstop, that i'm not the only person going through this. My story is a little different.
I was diagnosed with ghsv-1 about a year ago. Although the initial outbreak was not great, it went away relatively quickly. Over the past year I’ve had a number of times where I’ve felt a burning/tingling sensation ..and probably twice where I had mild spots appear. However, over the past month I have increasingly started to have symptoms as described by @getbetter111 and @williteverstop.
Basically, I either have at one time or another.. burning in the urethra, general tingling, twitches, itching, burning in the scrotum area and soreness in the tip of penis. No spots or sores. The drops of peeing also started, which really have me worried. I find myself wanting to go to the toilet a lot more frequently also. I also at times have this strange feelings of drops of water running down my pubic area ..but there is nothing there when I check. Its really strange. I have one or more of these symptoms at all times now. Just wont go away.
The only things I've really noticed that has changed is that I had rash a few weeks ago in that area. All I can think of is that this triggered the virus for a extended period of time. Possible this ended up causing some kind of nerve damage or something. Just my speculation though. I guess that’s my biggest concern right now - if this is nerve damage or is the virus like constantly shedding. Or if its stuck in some kind of feedback loop between the two. Know its pointless to to speculate on these things. Seems I need to start putting more effort into winning the 'mind battle' also.
I'm taking 1000mg of valtrex although it doesn’t seem to be doing much.
Really happy that I found this site and really appreciate the advice from @WCSDance2010 and @2Legit2Quit and others. I will hope that things get better as its seems time is the biggest factor in this. Although this is a bit strange its develops like this a year into me having ghsv-1. Will try to start taking supplements and just change my lifestyle. I thought of myself as healthy but will start to examine my lifestyle closer.
Thanks everyone. Will keep you posted if I come across anything that helps.
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