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if i thought i am having an outbreak but i don't and i took 2 days out of the 5 days episodic treatment can i stop? or is it like antibiotics that you have to finish or maybe it will trigger an outbreak? Thanks.

Hello. every time i think i am getting an outbreak i take episodic medication (3 times a day for 5 days 400 mg acyclovir) in the past 3 weeks i took it twice and yesterday i started again., i am leaving on a trip so i guess i am nervous. i am now on the 2nd day and this morning about an hour of taking a pill i had redness on my chin and maybe my bottom lip was a little swollen. the redness went away after an hour. could it be an allergic reaction from too much medication? i am scared now. btw i took it so much these last few weeks because i don't want an outbreak before or during the trip.now i don't know if to just stop taking the episodic treatment i started yesterday because maybe my body is allergic now or it was too much and if i do stop in the middle will it trigger an outbreak? Thanks.

the problem i have no idea when a prodrom is happaning i always feel an itch or muscle pain maybe from stress . the only outbreak i had after the initial was like 3 weeks after the first and the only thing i remember i woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and i had an itch and i scratched and went back to sleep in the morning in that same place i had sores so it was like in a few hours. also are you sure about the "here's only a 4% chance of spreading the virus with unprotected sex when there are no symptoms." ? seems a little low. and how do you know you don't have symptoms sometimes its only shedding without you feeling anything.

anyone?

I read somewhere maybe here that people take suppressive medicine for a short time before a vacation because they are going to drink alot and eat junk. does it work? i am currently on episodic medication because of stress and i thought i felt prodrome feelings. i am going on a trip in 4 days. should i start now to take suppressive medicine zovirax twice a day 400 mg until i am starting with all the drinking and stuff? also i read that when you take suppressive medicine for 6-12 months you often can get an outbreak right after you stop. why is that? do you think if i take now for a few days i can also get an outbreak because i took suppressive medicine? everything is so confusing about herpes all the doctors and people online have different opinions. my doctor actually told me (and she is one of the most respected in my country) that if i don't have sores i am not contagious and shedding was not proven 100 percent. so as you see that is what really make me confused and going crazy so many opinions. so much grey area.

i saw for the skin doctor today and she said that on the lips is not herpes but just my luck i finished today 7 days of 3 times 400 mg of zovirax and now i got an itch in my side of leg near my but and i looked i saw like 4 holes i think from the scratching but it looks like the herpes i had on my butt once. i will try to wait for tomorrow to see if it goes away but if not to start now again 5 days of 3 times 400 mg of zovirax ? isnt it too much after a week of this? Thanks,

if i get sores or signs of sores with medication does it mean i need to switch medication? i started taking 6 days ago 3 times a day 400 mg of zovirax and on day 4 i got weird bumps on my lip even though i have hsv2 . does it mean the zovirax is not doing its job? i took the medication way before i had any sores or signs of sores.

but on the lips what else can it be google blister on lip only hsv comes up

im still freaking out im on day 4 of tablets because i felt i am having a outbreak soon and this comes on day 4 and on the lips when i have hsv2? how can you get sores if you are on the pills. i didnt have for 3 days on pills and on day 4 i get them?

i am very nervous and i have hsv2 and i just spoted 2 blister like sores on the middle of my upper lip . i have dry lips for days but this i just saw and i am on the 4th day of zovirax tablets so i dont understand what is that and i hope its not sores too because i have hsv2 so i dont get it . can blister like sores be anything else on lips? i really hope so i am so nervous .

i heard that too about the boxer region and this answer make me go crazy! it's like the doctors don't know so they give this answer. how can you protect a person from all this huge region? my doctor said if i don't have sores don't think about it but how can i not? if i even touch my boxer region i run to wash my hands and in sex for sure the woman/man will touch that area so it's basically we are doomed to give it to people someday.

anyone?

yes i guess you get back to normal but how do you deal with the fact that everytime you start a relationship , The guy/girl can run away and break your heart. because most of the people (including me) would hear that the girl/guy has herpes would run away.This scares and depresses me.

Hi all. Got herpes hsv2 about 4 months ago and after reading on the internet like crazy the thing that frustrates me the most is that the doctors don't know so much about it . here is a little of my story and questions. got it about 4 months ago i had pain when i urinated and i fainted the first time i had to pee from the pain. i had pain in my leg like i thought my ankle is going to fall.after about a week a sore came on my penis and i was sure of it before i had any test just from reading online .i got tested about 3 weeks after i had my initial symptoms and was told its hsv2. i took acyclovir 200 mg 5 times a day for 5 days. after about a week or so the sores went away but they came back after 2 weeks again and i took the pills again.the pain in my leg and the weird feeling i had in my body stopped about 2 month after the initial symptoms. i get anxiety and all the time in my life and i am a hypochondriac person and this was like another knife in my heart. Now almost 4 month in i had like 2 and a half months of thinking that any scratch or muscle pain is from this and i took like 3 times the 5 day pills just in case.3 days ago i started feeling pain in my legs and i looked at the small scar i have in my upper buttocks and saw like little spots under the skin and i was sure its coming back so i took the pills just in case and today i'm on the third day of 400 mg 3 times a day for 5 days. i really can't relax anymore , Thinking its always coming back. almost everyday i keep checking and washing my hands like crazy when i touch any part of the boxer area. i read about shedding this makes me go crazy basically nobody knows anything about it . its all speculation . so my questions are: 1.should i take all my life now the pills just to be sure it wont come back because i am a very anxiety oriented person so i can trigger it all the time?? 2.When i take the pills i feel a little weak . I don't know if its all in my head . so if i have to take it everyday will i feel like this all the time? 3.Shedding- i guess nobody knows where you shed from really . i am scared of touching any part of it by mistake even and touching another part of my body especially my eyes so i wash my hands 40 times a day.i wish someone would know more. if someone can tell me more if they know more facts not only what they think. 4.my skin doctor said if you don't have any sores you don't have to tell anybody when you want to have sex. i was a little shocked after she said that. I am very scared to tell girls and if i meet a woman i like most of them will run away i know it. any thoughts. 5.i am very sad and depressed. i am thinking of when i will meet a girl and one day and have to tell her and if i play dumb and wont tell her because i read most of the people don't know they have it . and later if we want to have a baby i can kill my baby if she has it and don't know it. its not easy for me to meet girls and know i feel the percentage went even lower because if i tell she will run away. thoughts? 6. I really don't understand how \does the medication work. If i take it in time will it stop this outbreak 100 percent? i mean i took it now before the sores came out and that's it i stopped it? or if i finish the 5 days it can come out after 7 days? or the 5 days made it sleep again for a long time? 6.i read that people take pills before a stressful time or holiday where they want to drink a lot . if i take it a week before 2 times a day 400 mg so i am safe for the holiday? does it make the virus sleep for sure or its all speculation? 7. if i take it for a year like people said every day can i get an outbreak a day after i stop? so what is the point? 8. About the zovirax cream. does it work on the penis or just the mouth? because on the box it says just the mouth. 9.how long before the pills block the virus from creating more sores? i couldn't find a good answer. also this is a part of the "idont understand how does this pill work". as you see i feel i know a lot but really nothing. everybody including the doctors don't really know a lot and this is what makes me have anxiety and like i am not in control. please help me relax. Thanks. Thanks.