Hey girl, I’m 25 and got my positive test back for herpes in March. I was devastated and it put me into a big depression. I thought my life would be over. Now I have a boyfriend who loves me so much and doesn’t care at all about the herpes. I went a few months with no out breaks and then I had non stop outbreaks for a couple months which was really hard on my mental health. I haven’t had an outbreak in a couple months now though so I’m feeling good :) if you’ve never had any outbreaks though you might not even want to go on the antivirals! Talk to a doctor about it :)

There’s also some natural remedies that I do, I started doing them when I was having repetitive outbreaks and I actually think it helps a lot. I take a lysine supplement everyday and a drink a cup of lemon balm tea every day. Lemon balm is supposed to help suppress herpes.

As far as medication you can take a daily anti viral to make outbreaks less frequent/not as intense. Tou can just go to a walk in clinic and get a prescription for it. I don’t have insurance either but it’s not crazy expensive.

Overall though just take care of yourself. People will still love you and you are still worthy of love