Virus/ Herx / mold ?

Hi all,
I am in a big flare right now and would really appreciate any ideas what to do next.
Besides Lyme and co-infections am I struggling with hsv. Before outbreaks I usually get symptoms which many would describe as herx (body pains, muscle pains/ weakness in big muscles, chest pain, tiredness, flue-like feeling etc.). Valtrex is unfortunately not of a much help, maybe I developed resistance, so this is not an option for me anymore. Now I am struggling for weeks with an outbreak and started taking following supplements and herbs in July:
- lysin, olive leave extract, vitamin c, zinc, neem, oregano oil, nac, sida acuta (20 drops/day), houttynia (10 drops /day), selenium, copper, vitamin B, vitamin E (not every day), magnesium, ALA and l-carnitine (not every day).
Detoxing with act. charcoal.
Hsv outbreak is not going away completely, max. for a couple of days and then comes back and my body just flares more and more, now I get nerve pains in arms and legs, partly very intense so that I cannot sleep, muscle weakness is worse, nausea, headache, flue-like feeling. I am really frustrated and don't know what to do.
Many would describe my symptoms as a herx, but my feeling is that all symptoms are related to hsv. I feel that I cannot push my immune system more, but don't know how to regulate it.
I would really appreciate any thoughts or ideas or your experience.

According to antibodies in blood I have both, but hsv2 is flaring. I even start to think that all symptoms that I had recently and thought would be due to Lyme and co-infections are actually symptoms of herpes reactivation. My immune system just don't fight this virus, this is really frustrating. I used to take valtrex from time to time and it helped very well with outbreaks, but a big mistake was that I was not taking it long enough (sometimes I took it for 1-2 days, very stupid) and now nothing helps and symptoms are much more severe. I have severe leg pain, despite taking all possible natural antivirals. Only lysin helps a bit, but only until I accidentally eat something with arginine or have some sun exposure.
I am not sure, what role mold might play in it as I recently discovered some hidden sources in my apartment and the administration of the building is very slow on remediating it. But there is no direct exposure as it is under tiles, so no open sources.

Penguin, so sorry to hear of your struggles. The herpes family of viruses is really impressively crafty and tenacious! A couple of antiviral treatments come to mind that you didn't mention trying (though it sounds like you tried so many things!): monolaurin and homeopathic rhus toxicodendron. Both have helped people I know with chronic herpes virus issues.

My only other ideas are trying to quell the overall inflammatory reaction that your body is having by eating an anti-inflammatory diet, getting enough good sleep, and maybe taking curcumin and magnesium. Another angle that can cause some of those symptoms and be triggered by a viral outbreak is mast cell activation syndrome, so if you suspect any issues with MCAS, then try some of the mast cell stabilizing supplements or drugs and see if they help to calm down some of the reactions (quercetin, nettles, DAO, cromolyn sodium, etc.).

Hope this resolves for you soon!

I’ve heard people with hsv describe paper cut rash too.

Unfortunately i think you have to do a lot of trial and error to find what works for you. If you can also work (which it seems you are) on strengthening your immune health to handle virus every bit helps. Mold can be dragging it down big time. It does seem too that some people for whatever reason just struggle bad with hsv.

Have you tried any other prescription antivirals?