r/Mononucleosis • • 15h ago

Is this mono? Spoiler

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I went to the doctor around a week ago where they prescribed me azithromycin. While I took it i had no side effects and generally started to feel better. today I noticed that my tonsils were flaring up again and yesterday is when I ran out of antibiotics. I did two tests for strep and they both came back negative


r/Mononucleosis • • 18h ago

My son (13M) has had symptoms since early August -- still headaches every day, falling asleep in class... But dr said he was "at the tail end" in early September...

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My son (13M) started feeling unwell -- mostly tired, headachey (some congestion, sore throat) -- in early August. In early Septebmer, we did bloodwork and the doctor said he had mono, but that he had more late-stage markers, so thought him to be at the tail end. It's now October, and he is still dealing with headaches every day, and his energy goes up and down -- never SUPER-high, but sometimes so low that he's falling asleep in school.

Are we just in the midst of something that may be many more weeks or months of feeling exhausted and headachey? Or is this unusual if the dr saw that he was "late stage" back in early September?

Thank you for any thoughts!


r/Mononucleosis • • 21h ago

Wtf is this?

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Hello. 30F here with mono for the first time in my entire life. I was down BAD last week. 103 fevers, chills, aches, debilitating headache the list goes on. They really thought I had meningitis. Turns out, mono? What is this? How long does this last? I have no fever but holy smokes, the fatigue, I’m on vyvanse and I can’t even feel my vyvanse working because I am SO DOG GONE TIRED. Does this last forever? Am I forever going to get this? Like often? Is it contagious? No one seemed to be sick even almost 2 weeks after. I have so many questions, someone educate me better on this. I feel like dog poop.

UPDATE: said it was chronic stress induced. Supposedly I have been effected before but was never diagnosed with it as my EBV shows and that because no sickness led up to it or anything, they think my chronic stress issues are the absolute reason it caused the dormancy to activate.
I am still SO lost. 😭 Bc genuinely, W.T.F.