22nd March 2006
Mostly just a rant . . . I just can't take it anymore.
I have been having continuous outbreaks. I find that every day, I am either having an outbreak or feeling another one coming on. I am taking Famvir daily but it has not helped at all. Do the other two drugs (zovirax and valtrex) each work the same way. Has anyone been on one type of suppressive drug therapy and changed to another drug when it wasn't working and if so, did you have better results after changing the drugs? I know I was on another drug a few years ago and it did nothing so after taking it for many months, I stopped. I don't know if some people are just resistant to these types of drugs and none of them would work regardless of which one I took. From what I've been reading, they all seem to work in the same way so I'm not sure switching drugs would be of any benefit but wondered if anyone else had success with it.
I am also taking a prescription of a mild sedative to try and keep me stress free and relaxed, to see if being stress free would make a difference, but it doesn't seem to be working . . . the outbreaks just keep marching on. I went on a two month . ... TWO WHOLE MONTHS vacation in hopes that while I was there things would settle down. Nope. Didn't work. I've reached my breaking point. I finished an outbreak 3 days ago and tonight I started another one. The three days inbetween were filled with the burning and tingling associated with a imminent outbreak. The outbreaks seem to last for about 3 days, I get one clear day if I'm lucky, then the next few days I have the tingling and within a few days after that, I have another outbreak.
I know there are a lot of diets, herbal remedies ect out there but it seems like they are often just companies getting rich off of other peoples desperation. I'm not prepared to throw my time or money away on something that has no documented merit.
I don't understand why Famvir works for many but isn't working for me. It's supposed to stop the virus from reproducing so what exactly is so different about mine, that it isn't working. Contacting the companies is a waste of time . .. they all just say to ask my health care professional any questions I may have. Well any health care professional I've been to knows less about this disease than I do.
I keep looking for a logical explanation. I would just love to know if these companies have ever studied and documented why it doesn't work for some people; finding some common element in the people it isn't working for. Lifestyle, weight, childhood illnesses, diet or anything else that I may have incommon with other unsuccessful users.
I have been having continuous outbreaks. I find that every day, I am either having an outbreak or feeling another one coming on. I am taking Famvir daily but it has not helped at all. Do the other two drugs (zovirax and valtrex) each work the same way. Has anyone been on one type of suppressive drug therapy and changed to another drug when it wasn't working and if so, did you have better results after changing the drugs? I know I was on another drug a few years ago and it did nothing so after taking it for many months, I stopped. I don't know if some people are just resistant to these types of drugs and none of them would work regardless of which one I took. From what I've been reading, they all seem to work in the same way so I'm not sure switching drugs would be of any benefit but wondered if anyone else had success with it.
I am also taking a prescription of a mild sedative to try and keep me stress free and relaxed, to see if being stress free would make a difference, but it doesn't seem to be working . . . the outbreaks just keep marching on. I went on a two month . ... TWO WHOLE MONTHS vacation in hopes that while I was there things would settle down. Nope. Didn't work. I've reached my breaking point. I finished an outbreak 3 days ago and tonight I started another one. The three days inbetween were filled with the burning and tingling associated with a imminent outbreak. The outbreaks seem to last for about 3 days, I get one clear day if I'm lucky, then the next few days I have the tingling and within a few days after that, I have another outbreak.
I know there are a lot of diets, herbal remedies ect out there but it seems like they are often just companies getting rich off of other peoples desperation. I'm not prepared to throw my time or money away on something that has no documented merit.
I don't understand why Famvir works for many but isn't working for me. It's supposed to stop the virus from reproducing so what exactly is so different about mine, that it isn't working. Contacting the companies is a waste of time . .. they all just say to ask my health care professional any questions I may have. Well any health care professional I've been to knows less about this disease than I do.
I keep looking for a logical explanation. I would just love to know if these companies have ever studied and documented why it doesn't work for some people; finding some common element in the people it isn't working for. Lifestyle, weight, childhood illnesses, diet or anything else that I may have incommon with other unsuccessful users.