Posted by spriggy on March 12, 2006, at 19:36:55
In reply to Re: Can Epstein Barr cause mental symptoms? » spriggy, posted by James K on March 12, 2006, at 13:05:35
Thanks James.. I appreciate your answer and it makes sense.
How did yours start? Do you recall a starting point?
I know exactly when this all began with me; Christmas of 2004 I had a traumatic event with my dad (he almost died and I watched it), the week prior to this, I had a fever, stomach pains ( horrific stomach pains), and went in for blood work.
They called me and said my white count was really high; put me on antibiotics, had the situation with my dad and my anxiety hit w/panic attacks so I went on Lexapro.
I wigged on it; hallucinated, felt SOO bizarre. I also started running fever's; just daily fever's and started feeling "sickly" and weak. I lost nearly 20 pounds ( and I was small/petite to start with) and THUS began this horrific situation.
They thought I was hypoglycemic, ran tests for lymphoma, said Lupus, said Fibromyalgia,etc.. Every single specialists they sent me to had a new diagnosis but no answers'. Finally ran the EBV titers and saw how high those were ( this was 8 months into my sickness) and then finally concluded it was Epstein Barr and Fibromyalgia.
I haven't had a fever in several weeks; my throat isn't sore right now, I am taking B-12 injections 3 times per week and on mega vitamins/minerals.
I exercise at the gym 3 days a week and started using a tanning bed to help with this mood funk ( it's dark and rainy up here).
I am doing ALL i know to do to get better; I stay sick A LOT; not just normal fibro sick but with infections- strep, sinus, etc..
Oh also in this time, they sent me to an allergists who did an allergy tests and I literally was allergic TO EVERYTHING and also developed asthma this year.
It's like my normally healthy body shut down and went haywire and my mind/mental state went with it.
I get the fibro fog, but I have more anxiety/racing thoughts and depression more than anything.
It's just weird.
Tell me about yours.. it's nice to know I'm not alone although I am sorry you have to suffer too.
It sucks.
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