Anxiety after mono?
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About 3 months after getting severe mononucleosis and dealing with a hellish brainfog, I had the biggest panic attack ever. For a whole weeks I had extreme anxiety and lost 10 pounds. It is now February and I’m still dealing with this s**t.it Makes me feel horrible even when I’m not feeling anxious. It’s the worst feeling ever. It’s like every second something is wrong and I just don’t feel right and I hate it. I Don’t know how to explain it. Especially right when I wake up. It’s so bad and I hate it and it feels like my mind is sick. I get anxious about Doing things and talking to people while having this problem.
Want to learn how to put all this behind me and continue to move forward, and be able to understand how to handle when I’m feeling off, not right, or having anxious thoughts about how I’m feeling. And also get rid of the “but” and “what ifs” and scared thoughts. I feel like I can’t do things because of the way I feel. There’s so many obsessive and negative thoughts going on and it’s hard to focus on what’s going on around me. It’s like my brain tells me how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking and acknowledging feeling off or weird all the time. My subconscious monitors how I’m feeling and talking and thinking every second. And also not be indecisive on what to do and why I’m doing it because of anxiety and not feeling right. Want to learn how to have free time and not have anxiety and feeling “not right” when I’m not busy. I find myself getting worried about the weekend because I don’t have school, and scared I won’t know what to do and it won’t feel right because of anxiety. Anxiety makes me feel so weird and bad and off and I hate it. It makes me so confused and everything seems so distant, and I hate it. It’s so hard to remember things and I feel like I’m in a dream most of the time. And sometimes I ask if things even happened because they don’t feel real. However, after my senior retreat, I had a great week with little to no derealization. Then Friday night, it all came back. I want to not have to tell my mom how I’m feeling 24/7. Never want to have to go back to how I was feeling and want to get off my medicine and live life to the fullest without these horrible feelings. Want to not be worrying about what I’m doing in the future 24/7 and if I will still be feeling like this. Want to stop fearing how I’m memorizing things and feeling off and live life and be able to feel normal again and get involved in things around me have fun without feeling mentally ill. Just riding home I “don’t feel right” it is absolutely the worst feeling in the world and nothing seems as appealing anymore because I feel this way. Usually the day before all this starts, I don’t feel as energetic and just kind bleh.... then the next day I’m completely stuck in my own head and feel horrible and don’t want to do anything and just feel trapped. And I feel like I’m stuck in a living hell and cannot get my mind on anything and nothing seems appealing. I don’t want to hangout with anybody I don’t want to eat I just want this to go away. I am so sad and tired of this I want my old self back. And this can go on for weeks and it is torture. My body also feels “light” when this happens. And nose and head tingles and has pressure. But these go away when I have a break from the anxiety. Want to learn how to get through this, and want to learn exactly what is going on with me. While I had mono, I took sarms which is a (PED) (which I didn’t know it was) for exactly one week and also drank alcohol like twice. I’m afraid I messed my brain up and the thought of that makes me feel sick and scared. It makes me feel so bad and off I’m scared it isn’t anxiety. I cannot stop talking or writing down about it and I don’t want to do anything. This is horrible. It literally makes me cry my eyes out because I feel so bad and trapped and it’s been going on for so long. I am a 17 year old male.
I need to understand what is going on with me and how I can recover.
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harriet67221 yyy1000
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These feelings will pass with time. Please do not take any alcohol as it is unsuitable for you atm. Please can you clarify the drugs you took or any you are taking. They can cause these feelings you talk about..
Hope this reaches you.
yyy1000 harriet67221
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I'm taking 20mg lexapro, and haven't noticed anything on them to be honest. these feelings were there before I got on lexapro
deette90211 yyy1000
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My 14 year old daughter was diagnosed in December. She plays soccer on one of the top ranked teams in Texas. Now that she is past the acute infection she has developed anxiety and OCD like behaviors. We are seeing her doctor again on Thursday, but as a nurse practitioner I have started researching and I will share:
Look up PANDAS. This syndrome is mostly associated with strep infections but epstein bar virus is also implicated in PANDAS.
Second is look at the diet from the medical medium who writes all about EBV and the long term impacts (yes he is a medium, but his diet and supplements are something we are putting into action, it can't hurt. He mentions avoiding gluten, eggs, soy, corn, canola oil, dairy, pork, msg, farmed fish. He also has several supplements to heal the body and kill this virus which is still in the body causing problems long after this acute infection is over.
harriet67221 yyy1000
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Have you been screeed for thyroid disorders following the glandular fever? Thyroid can be attacked by this virus.
yyy1000 harriet67221
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no I haven't what is a thyroid lol
harriet67221 yyy1000
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creening anti nuclear antibodies, double stranded dna to rule out lupus. Sorry crashing again.
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harriet67221 yyy1000
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If so does your dr know?
I suggested the thyroid disorder possibility but only your dr can make that diagnosis .
f I think you need a good chat with your dr about these issues especially about the SARMS.
yyy1000 harriet67221
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I ordered them online just trying to put on some muscle. I took them for not even a week and never had any problems with them. I took them hoping they would help my brain fog, but they didn't, and I didn't see any reason to be taking them anymore so I just stopped. the anxiety and all this torture came a month after this, so its hard for me to believe the sarms had anything to do with it. a lot of my friends took them as well for more than a month and they had no side effects. I believe all this is just from the horrible ebv and mono, but that doesn't make me feel any better because the feeling they give me are so bad and I can't even describe them. I just want to feel normal again. I just want my life back. I dont know what to think of whats going on with me and I dont know what to do. any advice helps
yyy1000
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when these feeling come on, I just want to sleep. my mind is drained from all this torture and I have been on every anxiety forum and all that and been to CBT and everything else and its hard for me to believe this is just anxiety. anxiety alone shouldn't make me feel like this. I just dont feel right and dont want to do anything and everything seems so distant and my mind doesn't feel right. f**k this. this was supposed to be my year. my SENIOR YEAR thrown to s**t because of this. and I had a horrible first three years of high school because of social anxiety. I dont know why God is doing this but I just can't seem to be like everyone else and just be content and at peace with their life without problems
harriet67221 yyy1000
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First of all who diagnosed the glandular fever and was it treated if so with what and for how long?
Here are my suggestions.
See your dr.
Ask if thyroid screening and thyroid antibodies have been done.
Also enquire about your ESR or CRP.
If gf was diagnosed the dr must have ordered antibody tests. These may need re doing to check the current situation. ALso anti nuclear antibodies and EBV.
GF /EBV can and does attack the thyroid gland causing an auto immune condition.
Also need a double stranded dna blood test to check for SLE, this is Lupus.
It is important not to buy stuf online because u do not know what it contains. You need to report that you have had an adverse reaction to this stuff. Trading Standards can investigate and also if in the UK the MHRA. In the US I am unsure who u report adverse reactions to.
There was a recent warning about some manufacturers in China who were producing drugs in filthy conditions and introducing pathogens into the drugs .
Quality assurance was non existent and there were no hand washing facilities and only one toilet for the workers.
Pls ask your doc to check you out for anaemia and Vit B12 deficiency , you really need to get print outs of all your blood results too.
Pls do not take any drugs without checking with your dr first.
It is important to be aware of the dangers of benzos and anti depressants which may not be necessary in the first place as there are so many alternatives to turn to such as other posters have indicated.
Taking meds is not always the answer as NHS England have very recently pointed out. The Times newspaper has an article in which it states that drs are realising that opiods do not control chronic pain and that drs do not know how to advise people on tapering off benzos, antidepressants.
harriet67221 yyy1000
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harriet67221 yyy1000
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SARMS. Yes undoubtedly. you should definitely tell your dr. He needs to know the full picture. You may ask him/her if he/she thinks you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue/adrenal stress. Cortisol tests are done to screen for this. Saliva tests are said to be best as swabs are taken throughout the day as cortisol levels differ during the day.
It is treatable. If your dr is unaware of the sarms he may not associate adrenal stress with your signs and symptoms. He can test you for this then advise accordingly.
harriet67221 yyy1000
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I replied but gone for moderating, I suggested asking for tests for adrenal fatigue due to taking sarms and prednisone.
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I would avoid anti depressants.
Raised cortisol levels can account for the way you feel as can thyroid disorders. there are forums on hypo and hyperthyroidism on patient.
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