Been feeling ill 1 year after mono

Damn, sorry youve gone trough this s**t man. How old are you?

29

what you are going through is normal. i’ve basically done the same thing. I became infected in 2016. it has been a long road. I didn’t rest properly. and I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. things have gotten better though. I worked pretty much through the whole illness. with you being so young there is still hope. you have to rest when your body tells you to rest. if you continue to push through it will make it last longer. it is OK to do some things but listen to your body. The bad thoughts and depression are normal. I am 51 so it’s taking a longer time for me to recover. there is a gentleman by the name of Craig that normally post on here. look at some of his post it will help you a lot. it helped me tremendously. Craig if you are still out there how are you doing?

Hey Brent- I fell sick in 2017 and it's taking me awhile too. I'm 39. I'm not near as bad as year one. But if I push outside my exertion limits I relapse. Mornings are the worst. I wake up in a lot of pain and fatigue. I've had a few diagnoses since initial mono. CFS and Fibro. One doc thought Lyme. The rheumatologist who said fibro told me that people with fibro have a hard time with going into stage 4 sleep. And that I definitely have a problem with. I dream all night. Stuck in stage III and I wake up feeling awful. When it gets really bad I will take a sleep aid that literally knocks me to stage 4 only and I feel better in the morning. Since you've also been sick for so long have you found anything that helps? Other than really recognizing the signs that your body is going to go into a flare and you need to rest.

I’m so sorry you are going through this ABC. Although the fact that you were able to get back to workouts is promising. My body hasn't gotten that strong yet. I would say you just need to relax and change your lifestyle temporarily to listen to your body so that you can fully recover. I know it’s so hard - I still struggle with it. But you will get through this. The only things tjat have helped me are electrolytes (low blood pressure), iron (low ferritin), st johns wort, and monolauren.

Hi Lisa! Sorry you're still suffering, I can relate. My mystery symptoms started March 2018 a couple of weeks after I thought I was over a flu type virus. Suddenly woke up thinking I was poisoned,dying or going to be paralyzed with a page full of neurological symptoms and severe anxiety none of which I had before. Yes mornings were the worst for me too, waking up stiff, lightheaded , shaky and MORE. No doctor ever accepted this as mono and not knowing what suddenly hit me was and still is so frustrating. Thankfully at month 7 the 4th neurologist I saw put me on a 6 month b12 injection treatment that helped tremendously, dialed down most symptoms and I can say Im almost back to my old self. However Im left with an internal vibrating sensation, my worst symptom from day 1, its there every single day since this started but at least is not all day any more and has dialed down in intensity and I only feel it once I wake up in morning now...scares me so much still.. just wondering if you ever had this symptom??? I've been reading about lyme too, wondering if a tick is behind this mysery....thanks x

Hey, I'm suffering three years later as well. This illness has basically destroyed my life.

I read your post that you recovered. what happened ?

I can work and function now, but my health is destroyed basically. I have neurological issues like stuttering, my hair fell out, etc. etc.