Reply To: Confused over HSV-II test results

[khergg7]

Thanks for the response! The first dose of valacyclovir I took was right after getting the firsts positive test with value of 1.12 – thus one month after last sexual encounter. But that was the typical dose I would take if I felt the tingle on my face for the HSV 1 (2 grams in morning, 2 at night) as I would always carry those around. But then I took no medications until a month after the last positive HSV 2 test (the 1.28 value), where I again took the 2 gram dose, and I’ve been taking that dose quite often over the past month (let’s say about 5 days in a week), and I am about to shift to the daily 500mg dose (I have told my Dr. over the phone more out of concern for the HSV-1 as I have to do some photos for some business things and I have been under huge stress – above and beyond this herpes thing, which is adding to it alot so I very vulnerable to a face breakout. This is a problem because when I get a major breakout (about once every 4 years, with minor outbreaks once every year or two)- it shows quite vividly on my face (lips and nose!). I will show these results to my Dr. when I see her for my annual check up in three weeks, but I have done these tests outside my insurance (but these confidential testing (stdcheck) are done at reputable labs like quest diagnostics) as I was a bit embarrassed about this sort of stuff, as previously I was in a long term 20 year monogamous relationship until the past year so getting back into dating people again was weird, and this sort of business with the unusual results has certainly added to it. So given this dosage history, your opinion?