Suppressive therapy and triggers

[Sircen]

I wanted to know if outbreak triggers are dulled/prevented with suppressive therapy? For example one of my triggers is friction so any consistent masturbation will cause an outbreak. 

 

[mr_hopp]

Hi Sircen and welcome! Daily suppressive therapy meds bring the levels of shedding down on average by around 50%, so in that way, it will lessen the chances that your regular triggers might lead to an outbreak since a full outbreak is an overload of viral shedding. And how long have you had herpes if you don't mind me asking? 

[Sircen]

Hi Mr_hopp, I've had herpes 5 years now

[mr_hopp]

Got it, thanks for sharing that. Since you're well beyond the 6 months to 1 year window, then your body has already had plenty of time to do its part to also bring down viral shedding/outbreaks.