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Phoenix_Rising85

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  1. Hello Family, I was diagnosed in June 2016. I opted for suppression therapy in August 2016. Valtrex 500mg once daily. My Doctor wanted to try me for 3 months to see how it worked for me. Valtrex started out amazing. It did exactly what it said it would which was keeps my outbreaks at bay. It also gave me confidence to date as I felt I had control. I stopped taking Valtrex about 2 weeks ago which was halfway through my 3rd month due to extreme hair loss. Patches of my hair falling out to the scalp. I also am currently having a breakout which sucks because I'm one of the people this affects painfully. Since being diagnosed in July I've had about 4 breakouts. Possibly more if I hadn't have been on therapy. My 2 questions are: 1. Does this get any better. Is the first year typically the worse as my body is developing antibodies? 2. Is there ANYTHING I can take in conjunction with Valtrex to stop the hair loss. Like most women, my hair is my crown and it's already so difficult coming to terms with this virus. The pain was so bad I HAD to take medicine. I need to take Valtrex but I can't lose my hair. Losing my hair has made me me even more depressed and withdrawn. The fact that I stopped taking the medication and I almost instantly had a breakout is heart breaking. I'm at a point where I'm so tired. So sad. So alone. I feel it's becoming more than I can bear. I have no idea what to do and my light is dimming.
  2. That makes a lot of sense. For now I'm taking Valtrex and it is helpin with the symptoms. Now I'm embarking on being ok with myself. This has changed my life in a huge way and I lost my job due to the stress from it. I isolated myself pretty badly and was very depressed and up until finding this forum I was also suicidal. I have since neglected those ideas and have replaced them with education empowerment. This will be my very first disclosure so I am trying very hard to get all of this together in my head so I don't blow it.
  3. @optimist That is some amazing insight you have. Thank you. So my former partner had a history of HSV oral. I am unsure if he also had HSV genitally. I remember him having an outbreak and he normally just waits a few days after the end of and outbreak to resume kissing and oral sex. He gave me oral sex and shortly thereafter I had symptoms. I assumed that it was oral simply because of the timing. Mu initial OB happened June 13th. I was swabed and prescribed Valtrex 1000mg and about a week later was clear. My results came back inconclusive for HSV period but because the medication took the OB away my Doc said it was safe to assume I have it. I will definitely be getting a blood test to determine my status as well as type. With regards to my disclosure, I had HSV 1 oral and I never disclosed that to him previously due to lack of knowledge. What are your thoughts on how I can incorporate that into this discussion?
  4. When I first showed symptoms I went to my OB and she swabed me. The results came back inconclusive but the Valtrex worked. My OB said if it worked, you have HSV. She didn't offer a blood test and at the time I was still very unaware of the facts. I am trying to work on getting a test to determine the exact type of genital HSV I've acquired.
  5. Hey everyone, I'm very new to all of this and have been lurking for quite sometime. I was so impressed with the support I finally decided to join the group. So here goes: I was recently diagnosed for genital HSV. I've had cold sores since a child but up until I got genital HSV, I was completely unaware that I was contagious, let alone putting people at risk. In my most recent LTR, he too had HSV 1 oral and was just like me in the knowledge department. Well he went down on me either during or not log after an outbreak and I got HSV genitaly. To fast forward that relationship has ended and now I am considering hooking up with the person I was seeing before him. With this guy we were FWB. That same expectation is being set but I have no idea how to disclose this to him...or talk about the fact that when we were seeing each other previous to this relationship, I had a history of cold sores. Side note: When we were previously together we had safe and unsafe sex...as well as oral Side note 2: When I was diagnosed I got a fulll std screening done and passed everything else and that is up to date. I IMMEDIATELY went on suppression therapy and have not had a breakout since. I also plan on using condoms.
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