Coping with Herpes and Post herpetic neuralgia.

       I was diagnosed a year ago. My body is going through not just herpes, but post herpetic neuralgia. A chronic pain caused by inflammed nerves in my vagina and sacrum (rectum) due to herpes outbrakes. By the way, even after outbrakes are healed, my nerves are inflammed and the pain remains until the next outbrake, when I go through the same cycle again. I am 35 therefore my outbrakes come right before my period. I have tried valtrex, lysine, chinese viral herbs ( they made my outbrakes less severe) accupuncture for 6 months, twice a week, they reduced my pain, but only temporarely because herpes its in the central nervious system and acts out in the sacrum , the same nerves that accupuncture relaxes , it first stimulates which is like a catch 22. It worked to diminish my pain but only temporarely (It also left me bankrupt). I have currently changed my diet. I eat high foods in lysine, such as fish, eggs, potatoes, organic meats, beets, plain yogurt, whole wheat bread only, honey, herbal tea, lots of vegetables and I eat fruits. I avoid all nuts, seeds, multigrain, white rice, processed foods, sugars, coffee with caffeine or even decaf, green tea, black tea, chocolate.  I am currently in the process of starting a new homeopathic holistic treatment with Herbalist Christopher Scipio. He has two herpes clinics in Canada. He will be sending me my herbs and remedies by mail as I live on the East coast. He has told me I must do Hatha yoga 5 times a week ( The best advice anybody has ever given me to keep herpes at bay because it reduces stress and trains your body to be relaxed, even when you are under stressful conditions), and took me off all of the chemical meds I was on. I was on Lyrica for neuropathy or post herpetic neuralgia pain, I was putting steroid creams and he took me off of that. He said they make my neuralgia worse and the relief its only temporary.  He is a very positive person and has given me strength and encouragement and has reminded me that I am just as clean and beautiful as I was before. I learned all of this after I read his book call "Making peace with Herpes" by Christopher Scipio. He is one of the most experienced herbalists in the homeopathic herpes world. I am truly grateful to have come across Mr. Scipio, that its why I want to share this with you. Oh I almost forgot to mention, that I take daily supplements of zinc and selenium, super B for stress which has all of the b vitamines, and also vitamin C comes in the super B supplement. I take calcium and magnesium, acidophillus ( as I used to suffered from yeast infections too).  I have been doing yoga 5 days a week and my pain its becoming more bareable. My friends and family are there to support me. I have been honest with them from the very beginning. I hope many people read my post because I want to be able to help as many people as I possibly can with my story. I went from never experiencing pain in my life, and not even taking an aspirine, to a condition of chronic pain at 34 years of age. I suspect now that I had it since I was 33 because my body began having constant yeast infections back to back for a whole year prior to my herpes diagnosis.  It does not matter how bad somebody's situation is, there is always somebody who has it worst than us.