diagnosed with Post Viral Fatigue/chronic fatigue syndrome Posted: 02-27-08 16:11pm
Hi 6 years ago around christmas time i was
sick with flu and began vomitting 1 night
violently for the entire night almost. A
week or 2 later i had severe headaches the
worst kind immaginable i couldn`t move
from my bed they were that bad! i will
never forget them the lasted months,
fever, i went from 12 stone to 9 stone and
was sweating constantly, i was very
confused as to where i was and who i was
and i had an extremely stiff neck! i
couldn`t go out because the bright lights
left me feeling so dissociated and even
more dizzy and ill so i went to my doctor
and had blood tests and told him of my
symptoms and was told i had a viral
infection of the upper respiratory so i
was sent away with antibiotics. I never
really got much better and was given the
diagnosis of Post Viral Fatigue/chronic
fatigue syndrome. To this day i feel
physically fine and play sports but my
brain feels so damaged but i just feel so
out of it constantly i can`t perform basic
things, i just came across the idea of
Meningitis tonight as a friend of mine who
i went to University with had it and i
thought i would check the symptoms out.
Now i know there are a million things out
there that can relate to my condition and
perhaps its an anxious mind, i have become
anxious since i was first ill although not
at first but i`m just wondering (i do like
my doctor) if my doctor ignored meningitis
completely or did he just not think it
possible and he may well be very correct
with his diagnosis! Thank you for any
comments most welcome!
take care.
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WImenin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 10
Posted: 03-11-08 08:23am
My symptoms started out as a migraine, and
then I thought it was the flu... severe
headache, neck ache, dizziness, nausea,
sensitivity to light, sound, lost lots of
weight, disassocited, surreal feeling, hot
and cold flashes, anxiety, strange-dark
emotions, crying out of nowhere, basically
out of it and didnt have a clue what it
was till I saw a neurologist who looked
over old blood tests and did an office
exam that included neurological exam. The
problem with meningitis, encephalitis,
anxiety, migraine, is that they all
involve the brain, and can mimic each
other, with overlapping symptoms. The
bigger problem is that there isnt a whole
lot of scientific data done on
menin/enceph and the recovery process, so
often the patient has to learn by word of
mouth, forums, and scourging the internet
for information. If you're back to
playing sports, then you're well on your
way to full recovery. The long term
effects of the menin/enceph can include
cognitive problems, loss of hearing, eye
problems, etc....
