oral herpes

I ve been take valtrex off and on for years. I was getting fever blister monthly. After years of being systom freee I stop taking Valtrex dailey, about a year ago. I am now 51 and still getting my period but it is start to skip a month of two.  I also just found out that I am hypo thyroid.  I am also under stress. So between the stress, horomes, and sun, I have been having a very difficult time with oral herpes. My throat and tung have been sore for 3month and I cann't seem to get this undercontrol.  I have been taking Vaacyclovir hcl1 for 6 week and I still have a burnt  feeling swallon tung and sores in my mouth and throat. I have manage to keep my lips clear my applying abbrevia 5/6 times a day. 2 weeks ago my tung was swallon and my doctor told me to increase my med. to 2 tablets of 1 gram a day.  I noticed in the morning my tung and mouth seemed a little bit better and after I  got the med. (about 1hour later) it would net worse.  I stopped taking the med. and seemed to be getting better. In 3ays.  the 4 day I had not systems. The 5 day is seemes to be returning.  I took the 1 pill today and I am not sure what to do.  Can the meds not work for some people. Or is it a losing battle because of the stress and horomes.
Please help, hate not being able to kiss anyone. Its been amost 2 months now.

[gracefromHHP]

sounds like something other than herpes going on. I'd follow up on this with a dermatologist or an ENT specialist at this point. Your tongue swelling isn't a sign of oral herpes. Your lips feeling burnt/chapped all the time most likely isn't due to your herpes either.

abreva is very over priced and barely got FDA approval to say that it's effective for oral herpes. You are probably better off just applying a  decent lip balm instead and saving money.  

You probably also should keep a food diary too until you are seen. write down everything you eat and what your symptoms are each day. also take a look at the lip products you use - no "plumping" liipsticks, minty lip glosses etc. also if you are using any toothpaste other than plain ole run of the mill regular toothpaste ( no cinnamon flavor  , "bold" flavor, whitening , complete etc ), try switching to a plain toothpaste too ( like regular ole crest or colgate ).  

grace