dizziness and fatigue after mono

Hi Thomas,
My story is very similar to yours. I was diagnosed with mono end of december (although started feeling bad in october) I had all the usual symptoms (sore throat, swollen glands, nauseous, achey, tired, headaches, face pain) I stared feeling better beginning of february and started to go about my business. I had all my energy back but had dizziness. I guess I did too much because a couple weeks ago I started feeling run down again and the dizziness is even worse. It is not so much a vertigo spinning feeling but a constant imbalance like my equilibrium is way off. I went to the ENT and he said my ears were fine. I called my regular physician and he said a relapse of mono is common but didn't have anything to say about the dizziness. So I am waiting for this to run its course hopefully. If this doesn't go away by the end of March i am going back for some more tests. I am 37 and from what i understand the symptoms of mono are worse the older you are. I have read the mono virus can attack the vestibular nerves in your inner ear that is responsible for balance, and it is supposed to go heal on its own. I am hoping it is just that, and not something else serious. Let me know how you are feeling now.
Thanks,
carmen

Hi Thomas,
I replied to your post 2-29, don't know if you saw it or not. I was wondering if your dizziness had gone away yet. I am in my 3rd month with mono, i generally feel ok except some fatigue and the dizziness/imbalance i still have. also my right ear hums very loudly and at times has pain. (i have been checked for ear infection already) Let me know on your progress.
Thanks,
carmen

Hello,
I started having symptoms in early april of 08. A lot of woozniess + an intense disequilibrium, etc. I never really displayed the common symptoms of mono which is like fever + sore throat. It took many rounds of blood tests to find out that i have an acute mono infection.

Since then I still have the ebb + flow of this wooziness, sometimes I get a full body tingling feeling. I had really bad allergies in May, and everytime i had a bad attack I would get a kick up of these systoms and swollen lymph nodes.

I'm 31 btw. Very weird as I'm in my 9 week or so, and still have these dizzy, woozy feelings.

Michael

I have had all the symptoms everybody is writing about. I originally was diagnosed with mono back in Feb. 08 and then go better at the end of March. I then relapsed in May 08. Sense then I have has swollen lymph nodes, tingling and dizziness along with a sensation of not getting a full breath. I have a 2 or 3 blood test and they all come back negative all within the range but show prior mono. It's been roughly 3 months now, but it seems it is getting better with time. My doctor says this is all mono related. I'm 37 and it's been 12 weeks with my relapse.

hello. i am 43 and was diagnosed in may with mono. had been feeling really tired for a long time before then, so it's hard to tell how long i've actually had it, but my malaise (three months later) is the same. have lots of dizzy spells, migraines, nausea, feverish feeling now and then, and incredibly sore lymph glands in my groin. scared it could be something worse. ENT saw nothing unusual in throat lymph. maybe i've had a relapse? i could easily sleep ten or twelve hours a day. i only got to take one week off from work after the diagnosis. any ideas on the super sore lymph? it's like a throbbing pain. doctor thinks it could be another infection, but i've heard mono is a precursor to lymphoma.

Hi,

My symptoms started in May of 08. I have dizzy spells, headaches, tingling, neck pain, nausea and I am tired all the time. Felt like I was hit by a truck. I also have swollen lymph nodes including one that is pressing on nerves (causing the tingling sensation). I've been tested for almost everything under the sun but no one has tested me for mono because I did not have a fever. I didn't know you could have mono without having a fever. Maybe I should insist on a mono test.

I have had the nasue and dizzenes (vetigo?) along with the sore throat/swollen glands but no fever. I have been to 3 doctors, the last a infectious disease doc who confirmed (and explained) my IGG/IGM and he was the only one that definitively diagnosed Infectious Mono (from EBV). Some other symptoms were masked by a diseased gallbladder (out on Aug. 15 0 and am feeling better. I have been off since the surgery and am going back to work next week. After the posts here and other research I belive you should remain active as possible, eat a well balanced diet, exercise as much as possible but do not over tax yourslef. I also have some vision issues, light sensative and slightly blurry vision, anyone else have this? Good luck to you all, I know this sucks. (46 yr. old MWM)

I have been experiencing some shortness of breath and tenderness in my abdomin. My doctor says it's my lymph nodes in my upper abdomin. I am still battling some fatigue and headaches but it seems to be getting better. I just did some more blood work and my CBC was all normal within range. Before my CBC was positive for mono and a slightly high WBC. Has anybody else experienced shortness of breath with a tender abdomin? Going on 4 and half months now with my relapse of mono. Thanks

i have mono and ive had shortness of breath problems, like it feels someones pushing on your chest. it happened spontaneously. i was sitting there and i felt like i was choking. then since then i havent been able to breath. i did have a tender abdomin as well for about...a week maybe two. i had shooting pains in my abdomin as well. on the left under my rib cage as well as the right, and it wrapped over my back. this whole time iwas unaware that i DID have a fever. i never checked my fever before i was sick, so i didnt know my normal temperature. all through out my feeling bad, id check my temp and it was always 98.4-99.0. little did i realize my temperature normaly runs low; 97.4. and a fever being 99 is "mild" BUT my doctor says it doesnt matter, a fever is a fever, you should still be causious. i had vision issues too, blurrynes in my right eye, i had to constantly blink to make me see normally and my colors were off, everything had a green undertone, and everything in my left had a blu undertone. this went away after about 2 weeks. haha ive had pretty much everything just not vertigo, thank god. now after 2 months of constant mono, i have horrible headaches (it feels like someone is trying to knife out my vein in my head, litterally it disgustingly painful) and stiff neck, along with pressure in the back of my head. been having it for about....almost a week now. im assuming its viral menangitis because 1)i never got a shot for it and 2)it can happen to people who have mono. i can tell its not SERIOUS because i can move my neck fine, it just hurts once i try to put my head up or down. anyone have this problem? im sorry people! mono sucks so much. anyone here younger than 37? cause im only 19. ehhhh this sucks doesnt it? anyway, i take multivitamins as well as b-complex to help my energy problem. i take adrenal fatigue pills too because having mono on my period is.....unexplaiably horrible, 2X the tired and blah feeling so that adrenal pill helps with that, in case any of you are girls. anyways, hope you guys get better, bye