Cold sores lasting almost 2 months now

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I've been taking lysine & vitamin c pills every day. I am also avoiding arginine foods, the sun, stress... I basically lock myself in my house for the past 2 months.

I've tried manuka honey (did nothing), abreva works sometimes, and I've been using lemon balm salve to moisturize my lips (works well). Carmex chapstick spread my cold sores so I stopped using Carmex and switched to lemon balm.

I've tried acyclovir cream which reddened my cold sores and made it double its size. Today, I have taken my first try on Valtrex (generic). I was prescribed 8 pills for one day and that's it.

My problem is that it keeps coming back but this one sore on my lip has always been there for the past 2 months. My cold sores will appear on my nose and cheeks... Then disappear and re-appear. My cold sores are not in big areas, they are tiny areas that are scattered across my lips, cheeks and nose.

I went to the doctors today and he seemed to not really care. I told him acyclovir cream made my cold sores worse and told him other information. He then told me he was going to prescribe me acyclovir cream, I then told him again that it does not help. He erased prescribing me the cream afterwards. He was not listening.

I really do not know what to do, I am trying my very best. Please help.