I just got back from #5. So far nothing yet but I remain hopeful and happy that my body appears to be dealing with it well enough.
I heard that the Valtrex was a max of 6-9 months which surprised me. I always thought antivirals were at least a year long proposition.
Ema
Do you mean a max of 6-9 months before you see
any effect? There's quite a long stretch from when you first start to feel some improvement to when you've get the most improvement you can from the antiviral.
My guess would be that if you take Valtrex 6-9 months without any effect, it's not going to work for you,
but if you do see a positive effect in that time, you might need to take it for many more months to knock down the virus as much as possible.
Lots of people (relatively speaking), not just ME/CFS patients, take Valtrex for many years to keep herpesviruses suppressed. I don't think there's any 6-9 month safety limit on it, or anything like that.