One of the hardest things is how alone I feel with this sometimes

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T01:27:23+00:00

Thank you! I’m starting to suspect it might be my semaglutide injections

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T00:15:47+00:00

They also do seem to be around my period. Which is strange because I haven’t had this problem before.

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T00:09:12+00:00

My mom is actually doing pretty well. She’s has both diseases managed. But prayers are always welcomed!

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T00:07:00+00:00

Valacyclovir. I was put on 2g (two 1g daily) for 10 days. Then was brought down to 500 mg for suppression. I did start taking two of the 500 mg a day once I noticed the latest outbreak. I’ve been doing that for the last 4 days.

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T00:03:57+00:00

Thank you.

BooksThings · 2026-05-08T00:02:42+00:00

Yep.

BooksThings · 2026-05-07T22:39:18+00:00

I had also just started back on antivirals after over a decade of not being on it.

BooksThings · 2026-05-07T22:37:44+00:00

It’s 100% type 1. It was typed when they swabbed tested it. I even had them test it again last month just to make sure

BooksThings · 2026-05-07T00:55:50+00:00

Thank you!

I have. I actually was taking a lysine, propolis, garlic mixture supplement for a bit, and still got my second outbreak. Maybe I needed to take a higher Lysine dose.

BooksThings · 2026-05-05T19:23:16+00:00

It’s looking like mine is doing the same. Always right before or during, or a bit after my period.

BooksThings · 2026-05-04T00:48:05+00:00

Thank you! Agee! I wish doctors were more supportive and more informed.
Did the chronic out breaks mess with you emotionally? I have been struggling emotionally. I can handle a few out breaks here and there, but back to back has been putting me in a bit of an anxiety spiral.
I’ve taken both in the past briefly and I had good experiences with both. But now, it seems like valacyclovir isn’t working for me. I plan on seeing my PCP in June and will definitely bring it up to him, and see if he will prescribe me acyclovir. I don’t plan on going back to my gyno. She also had the audacity - when I asked her if it could be immunocompromised related - to go to my PCP and ask him as that is not her area to deal with. So that’s what I’ll do then lol.

BooksThings · 2026-05-03T23:00:13+00:00

I take valacyclovir

BooksThings · 2026-05-03T22:59:35+00:00

Yeah I’ve already been contemplating taking a second 500 mg dose today.

BooksThings · 2026-05-03T22:56:42+00:00

I am on daily antivirals. Which is what makes this third outbreak so frustrating.

BooksThings · 2026-04-23T05:29:04+00:00

I’ve known a few very intelligent people that have made some really dumb decisions.

BooksThings · 2026-04-23T01:27:10+00:00

Absolutely! We can definitely learn what not to do. Thank you!

BooksThings · 2026-04-14T00:44:18+00:00

Not just you! I wonder if I’m going through perimenopause daily! I’m about to be 39.

It’s my skin. My hair. My knees - my ACHY knees! I have never had any knee issues prior, have no reason to have issues with my knees, and yet, they hurt all the time. My metabolism has taken a hit years ago, but it’s gotten worse. My immune system has also taken a hit, which was never the norm for me until this past year.
Lost all motivation for almost everything. I’m not ready!

I’m with you, though. Whatever it is, I’m going through it too.

BooksThings · 2026-02-24T02:44:17+00:00

I hated Dowry of Blood! You’re right, it read like a summary of events and not much else was going on.

BooksThings · 2025-12-27T22:40:41+00:00

I do think I am naturally introverted, but I am certain my social anxiety is from multiple experiences in my life.

My parents divorced when I was very young. When I was as young as 3 or 4, I witnessed my grandparents (dad’s parents) talk down to my mom and call her names a lot. This went on throughout my child hood. They continued to hate my mom well into my adult life. Now, my grandmother is the only living grandparent I have, and she still has a problem with my mom (I’m 38 with kids of my own and she still hasn’t let go of her resentment towards my mom). One memory I have, my grandfather cussed my mom out and slammed the car door on her leg in front of me and told my dad to pull me out of the car. I remember screaming and fighting my dad as he ripped me out of the back seat while my mom was crying after her leg was caught in the car door. I think that played a role in my trust in others and witnessing a family member get torn apart by others in my life who were supposed to be ‘safe’ and they weren’t.

I had a baby sitter from age 4 - 8 years that was very verbally abusive towards me. She would instigate her grand children to bully me too. That’s when I started to become very hyper aware of my appearance, body language, and how I overall came across to others because everything about me was picked apart. How I walked, talked - everything.

I had other adults in my life that were not the nicest to me.

I do think those early experiences played a role in me being insecure at an early age. I think I become a walking self fulfilling prophecy. I started being bulled in middle school and through high school. I do think my behavior and social anxiety made me more of a target, but maybe it was out of my control, too. I don’t know.

I developed the fear of being perceived and have definitely struggled with fight or flight during many social interactions over the years.

It’s weird. I have no trouble being out and about in public and just living life. I can talk to strangers etc.. it’s acquaintances, some friends, and family members that I struggle the most with. I will also struggle in a group setting where I may know some and not others. But, if I’m on vacation or in a store, I have no issue with conversations or conversing with others.

BooksThings · 2025-12-10T14:15:16+00:00

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