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| 3 | GH 2 | **THIS IS DAY #1** Hello. I am new to this community and to this predicament. I was diagnosed 17 months ago with GH 2, although I have never had a BO. I could not bare to be with someone for the fear of rejection for 17 months! I've told 1 partner who doesn't mind in the slightest. I am taking the pill to see what happens and to blog the outcome here. This is DAY 1. | **THIS IS DAY #1** I know I am not the only one feeling isolated about this condition. I plan on logging in regularly to update what I am experiencing - I will mark my posts with **THIS IS DAY #**". I know this is not the end of the world, but the misinformation and scaremongering makes being honest about our situation much harder. Your secret sister, Rosie. | F | 29 | 1 days 500mg 1X W | 3/9/2011 | 1 | Herpes of mouth | Mood swings hallucinations metallic taste memory loss concentration low | Are side effects permament | F | 32 | 1 days 2grams 2X day | 3/6/2011 | 5 | Genital Herpes | Fatigue, muscle pain in lower back and thighs, eye muscle pain | I was diagnosed with GH after I went to the doctor for flu-like symptoms. I thought I had a coincidental yeast infection. She confirmed I had GH (dishonest boyfriend.) I went on Valtrex (1 gram) 1x/day. She said after 6 months, try to stop taking it and see if I have another outbreak. Had an outbreak wihtin days and felt like I had the flu. Went back on it and figured I would try again in another 6 months. Never had an outbreak while on it. Don't feel any of the side effects anyone on here is talking about. In fact, I had no problem losing weight when I went on the Atkins diet around the same time I started taking the medication. I was a few days behind in refilling my meds, and within 2 days of not taking it, I felt flu-like again. Filled the meds and immediately started up. Again, everything was good again. Just recently my prescription lapsed. WHile waiting for doctor to refill and call in to pharmacy, three days passed. Immediately I had a fever, pain in my lower back and thighs. My eyes even hurt to move them. I had a low-grade fever and was fatigued. Went back on the medicine. Within three days, almost all the sypmtoms disappeared. So I guess it is working so well at supressing all viral problems. IDK, but totally opposite of what so many of you said. | F | 34 | 1.5 years 1 g 1X day | 3/1/2011 | 1 | Herpes Keratitis | It made me nearly non-functional. Foggy headed, extreme fatigue, heart palpitations, mood-swings, despondent, tingling in legs, facial edema, mild nausea, pain in jaw, eye and ear, complete lack of motivation to do anything more than I absolutely had to do. | I get very sick from my outbreaks and when it jumped to my eye I got two dendrites, one of which left a scar that has effected my vision, I kept taking it. I thought I continued to be sick because of the underlying virus or that it might be my house as it does have mold. I had to quit taking it when my insurance lapsed and when I got it reinstated a couple of weeks later I got my prescription refilled. I had been feeling great in the weeks in between, but thought it was because I was eating better, meditating, etc. After taking the first pill, within two hours I was sleeping like the dead, my face swelled up, I had the tingling in my legs, etc. I am sure it is okay for some, but it was horrible for me. I am just grateful I have figured out that it was the Valtrex. Thank god my insurance lapsed or I might have not ever figured it out. I am sure a few more months of this would have made me suicidal. My doctor even allowed me to think it was all in my head, never once did he suggest it might be the medication. | F | 52 | 13 months 800 2X day | 2/28/2011 | 4 | genital herpes | nausea, headache, diarrhea, confusion, hot and cold sweats | at first this was my miracle fix because there were no side effects but lately its making me so sick I cannot take it anymore. I take it at night and that always worked fine but now I wake up very very nauseated with diarrhea, chills and hot seats. Sometimes I have a headache. It usually lasts from 9am to 1pm and its too much for me to handle. Often during the day I feel disoriented or confused as well. I thought that if I drank alot of water then I could take it but Im still sick. | F | 29 | 3 years 500 MG 1X day | 2/12/2011 | 5 | HSV 1 | Worked very well at first but still get ob around eyes during mens and have to go onto full course. Really hope they find a cure soon. | F | 35 | 9 months 500mg 1X day | 1/28/2011 | 5 | HSV-1 | Constipation, mild headache. | This drug worked really well, and caused complete symptom remission! | F | 30 | As needed 1X day | 1/18/2011 | 2 | HSV 1 | Severe migraines, accelerated heart rate, flu like symptoms, tired. | I took Valtrex for cold sores and it didn't really do much to decrease the duration of the cold sore or the spread (probably because the dosage I was given was preventative and not for actual treatment (thanks docs)) anyways, the side effects were pretty intense. Heart rate was accelerated, constant migraines, flu like symptoms (very mild though) and lots of sleeping because I was abnormally tired. I don't know if I would take it again. I'm sure it works well for some people but I'm a strong believer that unless you're running, there's no way you should feel your heart beat like that. | F | 25 | 2 weeks 500 MG 2X W | 1/13/2011 | 3 | HSV 1 | Knee, ankle and foot pain, severe headaches (like tension migraine headaches), and one I'm noticing more is a feeling of not being able to focus or get out my responses as fast a I would want to other people, like I lose my sense of concentration. | I only take it when I feel the onset of an outbreak coming on. It def. stops the outbreaks if caught on time or makes them go away faster. I just don't take it daily because of the side effects I experience. Anyone in need of some encouragement or would like to talk about this crazy thing called genital herpes that we have acquired can email me. I like to talk. | M | 27 | 3 years 500mg 1X day | 1/10/2011 | 5 | Take whenever I feel a fever blister breaking out on my mouth. No side effects. Works like a charm! | For years I have gotten fever blisters on my mouth whenever I eat chocalate or too many nuts. Originally I took Zovirax whenever I felt a fever blister breaking out. Over time, it began to not work as well as it had in the beginning. My doctor perscribed Valtrex with the dosage: 2 pills (1 gm each) at the first sign of outbreak and 2 pills about 12 hours later. This works wonders for me. The first dose stops the outbreak and the second dose garentees no spreading. I would highly recommend this drug to anyone with herpes of the mouth. | F | 68 | 1 days 2 gm 2X day | 12/30/2010 | 4 | HSV2 | I feel very sick, And have bad headaches. I have taken Valtrex for almost 2 years with breakouts 8 times a year and have had the same side effects everytime i have taken it (and i take it with a lot of food!). | It really works, When i start in the early stages of an outbreak it always clears it up in 3 days, maybe 4. Valtrex doesn't decrease the number of outbreaks over a longterm period, it just decreases length of the outbreak. | F | 17 | 3 days 1000 MG 1X day | 12/23/2010 | 1 | herpes - genital | anxiety, restlessness, irritability, angry, HEADACHES, can't focus, can't remember things, and the list goes on..... | Went through 2 years of cancer treatment with a compramised immune system shich they think brought out this herpes....never had an outbreak before now so knew nothing of this.... So happy I found this site...now I now that I am not crazy! It's the drug. I was fortunate not to lose my hair during chemo and I sure am not going to lose it from this drug! I am going to stop taking ASAP and go to the lysine, b and c vitamins. I have no hereditary disposition for cancer and truly believe it is all the crap we put in our mouths! Therefore going to vitamins! Thanks to everyone who posted out here though -- I know the reason for all these weird feelings!! | F | 42 | 7 days 1 2X day | 12/16/2010 | 4 | shingles | this is my 5th day and I'm feeling depressed, blah, fatigued, (not sleepy)and I also get dizzy w/in an hour of taking the pill. Also, started getting headaches on the 4th day. I had a metallic taste the first day, but that subsided. | This is my first Shingles outbreak. Overall, I am very happy w/ Valtrex. The rash has subsided and I'm feeling 1000x better then before the diagnosis. I strongly recommend fresh aloe for the rash. It helps clear it up immediately. Many ethnic grocery stores carry the leaves. Simply cut open the leave, gently squeeze the gel/juice and spread it on the rash. It smells terrible and will stain your clothes - but it works better than any prescription ointment. | F | 41 | 7 days 3X day | 12/11/2010 | 1 | shingles | I had a small shingles rash running from the top of my butt crack. Only about 4 blisters in a row. This is the 3rd time I've had them in this exact spot in the past 5 months. I took generic Valacyclovir for Valtrex before and everytime ended up having such joint pain I walked like a cripple when I first woke up and then it would go away and always come back at night. This time after just one pill, which I started late at night, I woke about 4 hrs later with heartburn that was off the charts, terrible joint pain in arms, chest, legs and pins and needles tingling in fingers. I have acid reflux but it wasn't bothering me when I went to bed. Also, terrible smelliing bowel movements, close to diarrhea. I had such bad pains through my chest and out the back I thought it might be a heart attack. The shingles were almost dried up anyway on their own with very slight pain and itching. | I'm not taking this pill again. | F | 57 | 7 days 500 mg 2X day | 12/11/2010 | 4 | HSV-2 | Hair loss | When I had my first outbreak they put me on valtrex right away. I haven't had another outbreak. I did have extreme hair loss for the past few months however. I just started on a number of vitamins to hopefully stop and reverse this issue as I would rather not get off of valtrex. | F | 36 | 5 months 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 4 | HSV-2 (Genital Herpes) Suppression | No side effects | Thank you all for the helpful comments. I have had HSV-2 for almost ten years and averaging 3-4 outbreaks per year. I recently started a relationship and I decided to give Valtrex a try. | M | 41 | 1 days 1GM 1X day | 12/2/2010 | 1 | shingles | extreme diarrea,stomach bloating and gas, tiredness. | M | 34 | 3 days 3X day | 11/28/2010 | 2 | suppresion therapy for genital herp | Just very tired and feeling blah. But it has increased my outbreaks. I have had herpes for almost 13 years and I break out every month so after suffering so long I decided to try Valtrex, the doctor said it would stop the outbreaks. Not only has it not stopped the outbreaks it has increased them. I have been in constant breakouts since I started taking this medicine two months ago. I do not know what to do. I can't have a sex life and these breakouts are painful and so frequent that it takes over my life. I have tried Lysine and all of those herbal treatments with no results. I need something that will work. How can I have a relationship when I am constantly breaking out, it just sucks ALOT. AFter 13 years of going through this misery and physical pain I just want the break outs to stop! | F | 32 | 2 months 500mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | shingles | needles and pins, weird pain in the face and eye, foggy head, exhausted and heart bit | I think my problem was not that big for such a medication- after I read your opinions and having experienced these side effects I think I m going to stop it immediately !!!! I only had 3 pills, imagine to take the 21 my dr told me too | F | 48 | 1 days 1g 3X day | 11/12/2010 | 3 | HSV-2 | Weight gain and fatigue. | I started Valtrex suppression therapy in February 2010 and have gained 15 pounds in 9 months. I am a certified personal fitness trainer and workout strenously 3 to 5 times a week and with my clients. I maintain clean and balanced nutrition, so a poor diet and lack of exercise is not the reason this insidious, creeping weight gain and debilitating fatigue that I'm experiencing. The medication is indeed effective at suppressing HSV-2 outbreaks, but it's not worth the havoc that it's wreaked on my overall well being. I stopped taking the Valtrex on 11/8 and hope that I will feel whole again soon. | F | 43 | 9 months 500mg 1X day | 11/11/2010 |