Question:
hi guys, i have no idea what the hell im feeling anymore. i dont know if its stress/anxiety or herpes or what the hell else it might be, but it itches like crazy all over. Im afraid that I am starting to have what appears to be a massive first outbreak, or Im having the freak out out of my life.... Is it possible I can make my body to feel like stitches in my scrotum? and create little shiny pimples in my penis by just reading stuff from the internet???

i feel like my body is losing voltage or something in the area near my genitals.

on top of that, i have no idea that if i have it (will get tested on the weekend at the clinic), what precautions should i take. i live with a one year old boy and another adult and ever since i felt the first signs of something i totally have quaranteened myself in my computer room with a sleeping bag and have been sitting in the dark for three days pretty much depressed that this is happening to me right now. yep, im quite the mess. oh, and i drank some juice with vitamin C 2000% to gulp down an energy bar (peanut butter chocolate yum yum :( ) in order to boost up some energy this morning as i was beginning the wreck.

i cannot touch no one, eh?
no baby? (how do i change diapers??) no momma? not myself? (not in that way)
like do i have to shower in a specific way in order not to spread it around?
i fear im heading towards disaster as i feel itchy all over)
what about sleeping in the same bed? (we all sleep together, now im on a sleeping bag)
im having trouble deciding how to proceed to wash my face without touching it with my hands... its pretty hard.

also, is there a way i can ease what im feeling??? where do i find about lifestyle changes
can i spread this thru my clothing? say thru boxers or jeans or should I be densely packed?

should i be eating something different? what should i be eating or not be eating?

should i wear underwear with my pajamas?

im sorry, this is just driving me crazy and there so much info that im reading, but if someone has a home tip that i can do to help, in anything... a link, whaterver... darn, that would be awesome right now. oww.

ps... stress, anxiety, depression, ive been on this for the past 3 weeks on this, i think im gonna start having ticks. im afraid to drive given that i am feeling kinda nervous and there is no drug store open. i would only drive as a last resort or to get whatever remedy i need to get at walgreens or chinatown.

is this the right forum for this anyways?

Answer:
Wow.....you are pretty stressed out about this. Well you are in the right place, if anyone can give you some good advice it is the people here in this forum.
I understand why you are so stressed, it sucks when something is going on with your body and you don't know what it is. I will tell you this tho, if it is H the more you stress the worse it is going to get. I know you are freaked but you need to try to setle yourself down. H is not the end of the world and it is not life threatning. You cannot spread H through clothing, the air, toilet seats etc. It has to be direct skin to skin contact (that is with the infected area). As for washing yourself, I wash myself the same way I always had before contacting H and all has been fine with me.
As for changing your diet, yes you have to eat healthy in order to boost your immune system to fight the virus. There is a link I will find for you on what to eat and what not to eat. Also yu should stay active, exercising is great.
I take vitamins along with 1000mg of acyclovir a day. I only take 500mg of vit C & E and 1000mg of Lysine. I think I may add a few more to this after reading things that have helped others in this forum.
H is very scary until you get educated about it, after that things start to get easier. Don't get me wrong I still have my bad days but the initial shock has long since faded away.
I really hope things get better for you, good luck this weekend and keep me posted. I hope I helped a bit.

Jessalyn
I hope that this has helped

Answer:
Here are some sites that may help you out!!!

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdherp.htm

http://www.healthynewage.com/herp.html

Also, go through and read a lot of the posts from people here, they have some great advise. If it wasn't for this board at times I don't know what i would have done. Get yourself strong again and keep your head up.

Jessalyn

Answer:
I got tested yesterday and think it is it.........is it possible to have it on your lips and genitals?
I feel disgusting and depressed, can't cope!!started new job and keep having to run off crying only 23 and feel like I have a life sentence ahead of me - knew nothing about herpes until read an article and thought thats what i've got - is there anything else it could be?why isn't there a cure!! I can't cope and feel dirty, no one is going to want to know me!

Answer:
man...I know exactly how you feel. I felt like I had stitches down on my genitals the first outbreak I had and it sucked. If you have bumps down there then you need to go get it looked at by a doctor. If they suspect you have herpes then they will give you some samples of Valtrex or something to make everything heal faster.

I think you will be fine as long as no one touches the boxers area. The virus is spread by direct skin contact. If you do have this virus then theres nothing you can do about it but calm down, and take care of your body. By stressing out youre just making things even worse for yourself. If you dont have it then, great!

For right now though you need to take care of yourself, dont be depressed, and just try to keep things together.

As for changing baby diapers I would just be very hygenic since you could be having a first outbreak. I think it will be alright but just do things like wash your hands after going to the bathroom or touching yourself down there.

Best thing to do is just get yourself to the dr or clinic to get it checked out. You'll be fine! :)