I was misdiagnosed back in August late July after having unprotected sex with my boyfriend for the first time and having a outbreak of what I thought was just a bad yeast infection. I was treated with meds strictly for a yeast infection and it made the outbreak go away for a short period of time. I went back to get checked again because I knew it was something more but I didn’t have any visible outbreaks so I was instructed to come back when I had another “rash” (that’s what they called it). When I did they tested the area and sure enough it was Genital Herpes. I cried my eyes out for weeks and I broke up with my boyfriend because of it. I have no desire to have sex anymore but I’ve desired to be married someday. I have a little girl and I always worry about infecting her by just touching her during a bath or wiping her after she uses the bathroom. I’m a nervous wreck since being diagnosed. I am on valcyclovir 500mg twice daily but I’ve had A LOT of outbreaks since August where I just stop taking count. Yes I am under a lot of stress, I’m a single parent and a student plus I work part time. For itching just today I used baby rash cream that has zinc in it and I’m not scratching on the site anymore. I was prescribed the lidocaine ointment during the first outbreak so I still have some left over but I have to put that on literally 5 times a day. Does anyone have any suggestions, tips, stories or anything that they don’t mind sharing with me? I feel so helpless, so destroyed/damaged. I did purchase L-Lysine tablets as well because I did a little research on the web about it helping with the outbreaks. How can I lower my outbreak frequency? I saw a post about B-Complex supplements helping with stress? I know stress is a trigger if that’s the case I’ll always have outbreaks. Please help???
A&D ointment helped me alotttt.
Usually your first year is when you will get them heavily.
I got diagnosed in December of 2015 . And I haven’t had any outbreaks since my first year except for a couple .
It does get better over time ..
Don’t bring yourself down so hard about it .
The same thing that you are ashamed of seems to be spreading across the nation.
People have it and don’t even know they have it.
As far as your daughter ..
It will be okay with her .
She can’t contract it from you as easily as you are thinking she can .
I never took any suppressive medicine out of fear that somebody might find out . Only people who know is the person who diagnosed me and my current boyfriend .
It scary , but it will all get better sweetie .
Thank you so much for responding. This helped me a lot. Can I ask a personal question? So you guys perform oral pleasures to one another after being diagnosed? I’m so scared to do anything.