I have had herpes for about 7 or 8 months now, and since contracting it, I have had almost CONSTANT outbreaks. I know you must think that I'm exaggerating, but I've had maybe a couple of weeks without an outbreak in that time. I was prescribed Acyclovir, which did NOTHING for the outbreaks, and made me feel really lousy.
I've been doing homeopathy (under the care of my homeopathic doctor- an MD), and that has worked the best, but everytime I try a new remedy, it makes the outbreak go away immediately, but I start getting another one only a day or two after it goes away, and the remedy usually won't work on more than one outbreak. It's costing me a ton of money having to change my remedy every week or two ($50 phone consults, $125 office visits, and $20-$30 for each remedy...)
I've tried doing nothing for an outbreak, and I gave it 3 weeks and it didn't even get better on its own. I'm considering trying valtrex, but it's not covered by Kaiser, and is therefore just as expensive as the homeopathy, and since I have constant outbreaks, I can't even begin to do suppressive therapy.
I'm just feeling like I'm at the end of my rope here- I feel like I've tried everything, and I'm just so tired of the sores, not to mention the twice-weekly intense nerve pain in my leg that makes it painful to stand, walk, or move.
Please, PLEASE tell me if there is anything that I haven't tried. I was told that it would lessen after the first outbreak, then they said it would get better after the first few months, then after the first 6 months... I'm starting to think it'll never get better... : (
If you have any advice or thoughts, please share!! Thank you for any help you can give me!!