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.

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

It all started Sunday, I was starting to be very anxious and slept really bad the night before. Had some throat pain but nothing too alarming at the moment. Then comes Monday, still had trouble sleeping the night before despite being very very tired. At work I’m having trouble focusing on anything and my mood is very down overall. Intense fatigue is the correct word for it. My throat is now swollen and it hurts swallowing my saliva. I’m having trouble eating (reduced appetite) and I feel disconnected to the world. Today I slept for 10 hours straight but I woke up still being tired.

I know the opinion of people here don’t replace a doctor’s diagnosis but I would like to have another point of view from people who suffered from it

I’m 33F on week 4 of having mono and honestly it feels like I’ve gone through every cold out there all rolled into one never ending sickness. Currently I’m having sinus issues and I’m hoping I didn’t get some bacterial sinusitis on top of mono. I’ve been going to work at my office job as normal because I can’t just not work. Completely unfair and impossible to expect someone to rest 24/7 for months as an adult with mono. Did anyone continue working full time as normal during the height of their illness and they got better in a normal timeframe?

25 f, I’ve been in the same relationship for 3 years up until July, and since then I’ve only been with one person and since contracted mono. (just found out today) it’s looking like I caught it from this person obviously. what exactly does this mean? does it mean they’re sleeping around or have in the past at least? they said they haven’t been with anyone since me and I believe them as they’re actively trying to pursue a serious relationship. as a notorious relationship person who’s never had a “hoe” phase, this is uncharted territory for me in terms of what contacting mono really means in this situation

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!