I had one night stand with someone about a week ago and a few days after began to start feeling pain while peeing and then noticed sores on my genital region. I went and got tested and have yet to get the results back but I already know what the outcome is going to be. I have every symptom of herpes and it is very hard to come to grips that I have it. Any advice to help me get through this tough time
Hello @tim03575.
I’m sorry you are going through this tough time. I was diagnosed last week so i completely understand how you are feeling.
I found that through my diagnosis and the downtime I allowed myself to heal, what helped most was to educate myself on the virus and how to keep it as dormant as possible. Stress is a good trigger for outbreaks so destressing was step number one for me. I also looked into supplements and purchased some right away (i take superlysine and olive leaf extract -bought from amazon), I also looked into dietary recommendations:
https://www.herpes-coldsores.com/diet_and_nutrition_with_herpes.htm
I’m a pescatarian and am constantly fiddling with what I allow myself to eat or not eat so any adjustments here are usually not a problem for me but I understand changing a diet for others might be difficult, you just don’t want to consume high arginine containig foods in excess, and incorporate more vegetables and lysine containing foods (but don’t let a diet drive you crazy).
Since this is our first outbreak we will have to wait to find out how frequent or infrequent future breakouts will be. It is possible that this will be our only one! Keeping our stress levels under control as well as triggers will only help further.
Hang in there and if you ever need someone to talk to, you found a great forum, I am also here for reponse anytime. You are not alone.
Yeah stay of the Internet. I was just like you and found out I have genital herpes. You'll be fine just stay off the Web