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That’s my guess. Got EBV back in 2015, and spent about a year with debilitating photophobia, visibly bulging lymph nodes, along with a host of symptoms that sti
by cstrahan 3y ago
That’s my guess. Got EBV back in 2015, and spent about a year with debilitating photophobia, visibly bulging lymph nodes, along with a host of symptoms that still haven’t gone away: excruciating joint pain, muscle weakness, headache and brain fog, anhedonia, annihilated sex drive, etc.
Trying to manage my symptoms, I got a hormone panel to compare pre-EBV. Testosterone and Estradiol dropped by about 65%, where it remained for 3 years until I convinced a doctor to take that delta seriously.
I’m better on TRT now, but I’d say I’m at about a solid 65% of my former self. Joint and muscle pain is gone, but I don’t have the same drive and still struggle with anhedonia. Would love to try a cocktail of things — almost anything really — to feel more alive, but I don’t want to do antidepressants, and I don’t want to be branded “drug seeking”, so I just try to get by for now.
- nick_ 3y agoIf you haven't already, you could look into trying daily Valacyclovir. Epstein-Barr is one of the HHVs, and may be helped by that drug.