Question:
It is like scheduled... the 12th day after bleeding starts, the tingling begins... Almost a year now, only four months without it... :confused: I took valtrex once the tingling starts, not really helping, still took 4 days to go away, if I was on a trip, took 7 days... I also have a little faver right after the bleeding ends... Two month ago I started to take echinacea and olive leaf extracts, had last month free, but now it comes again! Also I am taking women multivitamins. Found also if the lymph notes are up, it is coming... Two or three blisters turn into lesions.

Anyone is also experiencing this??? So frequent... Any way out of this?

Thanks!!

Answer:
obs are common around that time of the month, maybe instead of taking the valtrex only when you feel the tingle, how about trying it out for like a entire month or two, and see if that makes a diffrence. also maybe adding some l-lysine to your routine. really if it this bad, you need to do stuff more then when you feel it coming on, but prevent it from even getting to that point

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I agree with WW. If you tolerate the Valtrex well you may find that you get better results by taking it daily for at least a month and see if you can reduce the number of ob's. If it is too expensive you may also want to ask your dr about Acyclovir it is another form of antiviral and although you'd need to change your dosage it is far less expensive.

Sometimes changes is diet can help especially if you learn to avoid foods that are high in the amino acid called arginine and eat more foods that are higher in Lysine. You can also take vitamin supplements that help to build your immune system at the same time as slowing down the herpes virus process of replicating.

Here are some helpful links.





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Thank you both! I took lysine for a week also, but found my sleep was affected. I saw some posts say they took lysine in the morning and noon. I will try that. What is the daily valtrex dosage? Also 500mg? I tried last year to take valtrex earlier with antibiotics, assuming the antibiotics kill the bacteria(host) release the virus out and valtrex then kill them, worked one month, but then back again. Guess the antibiotics weaken the immunesystem. This month I am taking both echinacea and olive leaf at lunch time, maybe it was the contraceptive drug gave the OB, which was ninth day in the cycle, much earlier than it used to occur...

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L-lysine is an amino acid, I'm wondering if something other than the L-lysine was diturbing your sleep?

Also, did your doctor have the idea for your taking antibiotics with valtrex, or was that an idea you had? I'm curious about this.

Thanks for sharing.

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Anniy-I am confused by your response post. I simply don't understand what you are trying to say about antibiotics and a bacterial host.

As for Valtrex it is an antiviral and for daily dosages for suppressive therapy the usual recommended is one pill daily at 500 mg. Herpes is a virus and the antiviral medication stops it from replicating itself and causing ob's.

I take Lysine almost exclusively in the morning and at the noon hour because it can cause some discomfort for people with a sensitive stomach but I've never seen it disrupt my sleep. I take 1500 mg. daily in addition to vitamin c with bioflavanoids, olive leaf, probiotics, vitamins d, b6 and e, and calcium magnesium.

Antibiotics kill bacteria and could weaken the immune system but more than that it can kill good bacteria in your intestinal tract and this can lead to yeast infections for some people.

Since using the Acyclovir I no longer get ob's near my period.

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I read the Arginine level is controlling the sleep, while the balance of lysine vs arginine effects the body immune system level, as it suggests in this website, which matched my experience... I did not know this and took lysine in the evening by 1g for a week and I always woke up at 4am. After I stopped doing it, my sleep got normal.

The antibiotics combination was my idea. Since I had low fever right after period, so I was taking antibiotics prescribed by the doctor. Same time I read about the virus usually stay dorment in nerve ends but they are DNAs so have to live in cells to stay alive. I thought taking antibiotics caused viruses leaked out thus ob--because that time ob happened earlier than it should be. So the following month I took valtrex and antibiotics together after period, it worked that month, but the following month it failed. So I gave up on it. Thank you Caliope for the detailed information. I am going to try your method. Are you taking the vitamins each kind per pill or as multis? Does B-complex also help since it nurture the nerves?
Thank yo very much!

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ive been taking lysine for a month now, it hasnt affected my sleep

alltho, it has helped me as reards to my OBS

i dont get that many to be fair anyway - maybe 3 - 4 a year

but i did get regular tingles and aches, but they have stopped since i started taking lysine!!

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antibiotics wont do anything for a virus. you need antivirals, which valtrex is, and yes the daily dose is 500 mg