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xpunkardx

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Depression with mono
Posted: 04-13-08 15:19pm

Okay so I've posted on here before that I had mono in February. I had no sore throat but I had a severe stomach ache and dizziness and my ears were ringing really bad. I also felt really distant and high and not like myself. Well since then the stomach ache and dizziness has gone away, but I still feel distant and not like myself and the ringing in my ears has also not stopped!! I went to the dr. a couple weeks ago and she perscribed me anti-depressants. I was REALLY afraid to take them but I did for ...about a week and I didn't feel any better at all! Since then it's actually gotten worse and all I think about is tings like why do I exist and I keep kind of "realizing" I can die... Which sounds like depression, but I was wondering if anyone knew if mono can cause depression and if anyone else has had this with mono and if so how long did it take to go away?! Please help me...

I also had twitching in my legs arms and neck...which went away for awhile but have come back....
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ray34iyf

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Posted: 04-18-08 18:31pm

Your case sounds nearly identical to mine. Ever since I've had mono, I just plain and simple have not been myself. It's a hard feeling to describe to my parents, but it's very much like a mild depression. I know that it's linked to the mono though, because last week I started to feel better and back to where I should be. Then, Monday, I decided to go to the gym and do a light workout to see how I react, and now it's back to crapsville.
These past three months have been the worst of my life, thanks to mono. Just keep pushing on man. You just have to keep telling yourself that you'll get better, because you will.
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mikepilz

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Posted: 06-10-08 11:55am

That "high" feeling that you have, I definitely have that. In fact I never really had the whole sore throat fever thing, only woozy, fatigue, dizziness, etc. Got a battery of tests and they say I'm healthy, just have an acute mono infection. Thing is, it's been 9 weeks of this... ebb + flow, it kicks up when I have an allergy attack or get a sunburn, things like that. U see you guys were posting a few months ago, curious where you stand right now.

Long term illness definitely creates anxiety + depression. I keep looking all over the web at these more serious illnesses, and get freaked out that I have one of them, even though my docs keep telling me otherwise.

Michael
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older and wiser

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Posted: 07-14-08 13:34pm

I had a severe case of mono in 1988-1989 and was hospitalized in sept 1989 for a week. I was 38 years old at that time. I craved potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When I went for help for my depression from the mono several years later, I was taking Tryptophane (sorry about the spelling). I attempted suicide. I have since then tried some of the newer drugs such as effector (sorry spelling again) with better results but the first couple of days was very dizzy. I did not stay on them but I'm fine now.

I just wanted you to know that 1) yes it can cause depression. 2) Nutrition can help alot. do your research. Maybe, brocolli and potatoes. 3) be very careful taking antidepresants. 4) it can last a long time if you do not rest 5) and you may get relapses of symptoms later. 6) They can do a simple blood test to diagnose it.

They did mine a month ofter the hospital and it still was alarmingly high. I had all your symptom but I also was having Gall Bladder attacks daily by eating basicly nothing. I guess the inflmation had spead to ....... well everywhere.

good luck and hope this helped.

Yes I had nothing more than mono. I still have had no sugery or cancer.

I just had a mamagram and the doctor noticed my lymph nodes (in arm pits) were still abnormal in 2007. She didn't give me more details but she specifically asked about the mono.
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