I have had mono for 2 months. I feel that the mono is gone, but it left side effects, such as my immune system being extremely down so I catch every cold that every person has. I know they are colds because with mono I never got the "soar throat, enlarged neck etc" I just had nausea and was loss of appetite/fatigued/dizzy/tired all the time. I am 22 years old.

There were days where I felt normal (in between catching other colds) and was eating food again, but then I would catch another cold and be in bed with a fever.

Doctors said all of my blood tests came back normal or better than normal, that I was healthy, but I still had panic attacks (well what felt like panic attacks) even though I wasn't anxious.

I'd be at the doctors office, or picking up my girl, or even checking out at the grocery and my heart would start pounding and I'd feel really nervous/weak/dizzy for a minute or two and then it would go away.

Things are getting better, but the dizzy feeling (worse at night) is probably my least favorite thing aside from the loss of appetite. (I am forcing myself to eat things every day just to maintain calories). I'm hoping that ends soon. No one seems to understand.

Here are my recommendations.

1. Don't exert yourself too heard
2. STAY OUT OF THE COLD (I always seem to get a fever if I stay out in the cold all day at a football game or something)
3. Drink High-Calorie Protein Shakes if you have a problem with weight-loss like I had with mono where I felt nauseous or just not hungry every day, they have like 700 calories in them and you can get most of your daily intake with just a couple smoothies (I have already lost 15 pounds and look like a twig)
4. Stay out of anxiety prone places (stay in more, hang out with friends who are understanding)
5. DON'T DO ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO. If someone asks you to go to the bars or to a movie and you don't really feel like it, DON'T just go because they pressure you. That seems to be the worst of my panic attacks is when I'm doing something I don't feel like doing and I'm upset about it the whole time.
6. Don't get anti-depressant drugs unless you absolutely need them. I hear those things make you consider suicide. Mono IS depressing and it CAUSES depression. I have never been depressed but I was constantly sad with Mono because sitting in bed for two months makes you feel anxious and depressed. If you were depressed BEFORE you got mono, then maybe anti-depressants are right for you.

Take care everyone.

I cannot sat how comforting finding this message board is! I am 36 and have just been diagnosed with mono. Like a lot of you I did not have the normal fever/sore throat, just the dizzy heady weird feeling that got worse as the day went on. I kept trying to tough it out, thinking I had ear infection. My appetite is gone and I am having crazy anxiety. I started having these symptoms back in August. As an RN, I was thinking up horrible scenarios involving brain cancer and MS....things are getting better. The dizziness is much better, but the anxiety in not!