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When I'm stressed I'll get a breakout and sometimes stress causes me to have strange dreams, too.

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@SilleeMee wrote:

When I'm stressed I'll get a breakout and sometimes stress causes me to have strange dreams, too.


@SilleeMee    I am that way with shingles.    Get a case "out of the blue"......don't know anybody with children....so I blame it on being "run down".   Starts out like a cold, and fatigue, and also "strange" dreams. 

 

I keep a HUGE jar of Lysine capsules handy.     di

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When I feel stress coming on then I start taking extra doses of lysine. I don't wan't to have a breakout!  I have a mammo coming up tomorrow and that always stresses me out so I started taking extra lysine on Monday...LOL!

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@Desertdi 

When I feel stress coming on then I start taking extra doses of lysine. I don't wan't to have a breakout!  I have a mammo coming up tomorrow and that always stresses me out so I started taking extra lysine on Monday...LOL!


@SilleeMee    Wishing you the best. (I have a low tolerance for doctors).     di

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 Good luck @SilleeMee , tomorrow, zinc lozenges , you said are best for added zinc ,correct? If i remember, any brand?

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I take Nature's Way zinc lozenges.

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Never had that type of a reaction from a cold sore.

I have not had one in years. My lip always feels tingly & or itchy before I get one. I apply Abreva first sign of one & it makes it go away. 

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Abreva is the only thing I have ever found that works quickly to get rid of a cold sore. I don't seem to get cold sores nearly as often as I did when I was younger, but always keep the Abreva just in case. 

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You feel lousy because the herpes virus is quite active in your body right now.   The upsetting dreams are your own individualized reaction.   

 

Dabbing straight Listerine or peroxide on the cold sore thru the day, will help dry and kill it out.  

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If you stop taking lysine you are almost guaranteed a cold sore.

 

I know a lot of infectious disease doctors.