Week 8...lack of appetite and fatigue?!
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My mono symptoms began about December 1st. Started with sore throat and then had fever chills aches... I was tired but not exhausted tired just more tired than I was used to being. I dont know if I had the flu or it was part of mono but that hit the 2nd week and then I tested positive for strep throat right before Christmas. So obviously I was sick for awhile and definitely was eating less than normal. I didnt find out I'd had mono all this time until the first week of January and by then my anxiety had gone haywire. I had 2 nights of bad sweats in early January which I'm not sure if it was from mono or it was also a side effect of the antibiotics I was on for the strep but those sweats set me off into a panic that I had lymphoma. I had my blood work done the first week of jan to check liver and spleen and do a full blood panel and my dr said my blood was perfect not even elevated white blood cell count which is good. I was already at least 5 weeks into the mono by then. In early dec the area where my spleen is was tender but. that resolved by the time I went to the dr. Now I am in week 8 and I've had crazy awful anxiety the last 3 weeks so I dont know could it be part of the mono that I still have no appetite or is it from anxiety? It's one of the worst bouts of anxiety I've ever had. I'm seeing a therapist tomorrow. I just got convinced that something else was wrong and I've gone thru 3 types of cancer convinced I have one of them. Its clearly anxiety bc I keep going back and forth between which one I think I have symptoms of. Then I have no appetite and am losing a lot of weight and it's making it worse bc that's making me think something is more wrong. I just dont know if it's part of mono, anxiety or something worse and I'm losing my mind. I feel scared and panicky every day.
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dominika20801 jenna26081
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jenna,
please do not read about your symptoms on google or worry about having a serious disease or illness! You were tested for mono right? So no need to worry. the anxiety is horrible and i completely understand because i went through the same thing and also thought i was going insane (it was so bad i had an actual existential crisis). anxiety tricks you into believing all sorts of silly things but you need to cope with it for just a little while. it has been around 8/9 months for me and my anxiety is gone, and i know it will go away for you too, hopefully much faster. in the meantime do NOT and i repeat do not even dare look at google because you will only scare yourself senseless which is something many of us have done and it doesnt do any good! and if you are having trouble sleeping and staying calm i would try a magnesium supplement because that seems to have helped me a bit. i hope you get better fast and kick that anxiety in the butt!