Another outbreak in 3 weeks, what gives?!

[ash128083]

I just really need to vent right now. In January 2019 I switched my antiviral to 1g valacyclovir daily. I was fine up until the end of October when I had an outbreak, this lasted about a week and I usually add half a dose to my meds at night. Well here I am 3 weeks later with another awful outbreak! I was just on two courses of antibiotics and three days of prednisone (which is evil if you have herpes) for asthma and woke up to itching, redness, irritation all over my vagina. These outbreaks are fat worse than any that I had when I was diagnosed 10 years ago. I went 8years outbreak free and then all of a sudden this virus is back with a vengeance. I am literally losing my will to live and and trying so hard to fight through it for my 11 and 6 year old. The constant physical and psychological pain is becoming to much to bear. Why is this happening?! After 10 years my body should be able to fight this off. Why has this gotten worse? Why aren’t the antivirals doing their job? I feel lost and alone...

[Fmals]

First of all...your body WILL readjust and put the virus back where it belongs...so no losing any will... I have an ob currently (my 4th) which is much worse than my first three so I’m kind of wondering the same - thought it was supposed to get better with time etc...I have a 5 year old and today I felt like doing none of the mom stuff because of the uncomfortableness...but on I went because that’s life. 
I plan on trying to just chill out about it and let my body handle it. I have recently being listening to sleep hypnosis for healing (sounds super weird but the mind is a powerful thing) on YouTube before bed...give it a try! Can’t hurt. 
 

Have you been on antivirals since you’ve been diagnosed? The steroid may have set you back a bit...

Are your outbreaks in one spot? I’ve found that a mix of tea tree oil and coconut oil makes it much more comfortable. 

[ash128083]

@Fmals When I was diagnosed 10 years ago I was not on suppressive therapy for about 2 years. I would get a “typical” outbreak, a single sore in one spot that would break through the skin and eventually scab over. That happened every several months and was nothing compared to what I’m experiencing now. I was on suppressive therapy for about 8 years until the acyclovir stopped working out of nowhere. I suffered every month for a year horrible outbreaks which at first I thought were chronic yeast infections. I switched to valacyclovir in January and was good up until October when I was ovulating, then I got sick and was on 2 different antibiotics and prednisone (which I only took 3 days and have been on it in the past because of my asthma and did not have a problem). So 3 weeks from my last outbreak I now have a bunch of little sores all over my vagina, I am extremely itchy and irritated, inside looks raw and red. I made an appointment at my doctors for this afternoon and I’m going to ask for a referral to an infectious disease specialist. I just can’t take this anymore.