Obsessive compulsive about herpes. Any advice?
So ever since I started doing research about herpes, I’ve been so so paranoid that I have it. I’ve literally been checking “down there” every single day to see if there’s anything new.
There’s no lesions. There’s no weird bumps. I don’t know why I’m driving myself crazy over it. I want to go get a blood test (as there’s no lesions to swab) but I’ve heard those can be inaccurate at times and I’m afraid that’s not going to help with this anxiety.
I originally had yeast infection symptoms and I read herpes can be like that. I went to the OBGYN, she swabbed and did a test for yeast amongst common STDs (but not herpes). It came back that I had too much yeast and not enough good bacteria in my vag.
I thought I would finally be like “oh okay thats it you can stop worrying”. But no. It’s persistent and it’s draining me and making everyday life (along with my sex life) miserable.
I just dont know what to do.
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