I’m a 25 year old female and get cold sores around my mouth about once a month to once every two months and shingles on my nose!!!

I did get flu related shingles on my forehead once and the doctor said that if I had waited a day longer I could have lost my eye.

I am depressed and on wellbutrin xl and effexor sr but I actually got them more when I was off the meds.

I heard somewhere that if you take elderberry extract (internally) it helps, recently tried camphor spirit’s (externally), and I also take l-lysine. They do seem to have a positive impact… I have also gotten “samples” of famvir/valtrex from my doctor but he doesn’t have anymore so now I am just suffering! Abreva is good but too expensive for me to afford.

Does anyone know why I continue to get these damn outbreaks??

My research seems to indicate that I shouldn’t be experiencing outbreaks this frequently until I am over fifty!!!

Thanks for any advice you can give!