Can Mono Trigger Anxiety?

[taraol88]

I had mono junior yr in high school 06. After I got better I started having breathing problems and went to the hospital because of hyperventilation. The hospital diagnosed me with a heart problem...and prescribe to me the drug Toprol. Everything was going fine until 08 when I was at work and fainted in the back from not being able to breathe and I took my pills faithfully.

I just moved to Maine in October and everyday I have trouble breathing, I get hot and cold flashes, I get a choking feeling around my neck and I feel like I'm not actually myself in my body. I get very dizzy to the point where I cant stand on my own. This has been going on since feb 09 (for a whole month) I called the doctor today and I made an appointment.  I am still taking the heart meds and I went to the hospital last month twice and they gave me colonezapam but only for 7 days because i dont have an actual doctor yet. I also made a chiropractor appt cuz I have scholiosous <---i dont no how to spell it lol   but I thought maybe I need my neck cracked or something to take away the dizziness

[eccabay20]

Back in 2005, I passed out one morning before school. I had just taken a shower, but even during the shower I felt incredibly weak, dizzy, lightheaded.. just not myself. I fell getting out of the shower and probably passed out then to. By the time I got to my room I fell again, and by the time I came to, I still had no idea what was going on. I figured I was just really tired. I finally got to my door to ask my mom if I could go in late to school, and I slid right down the side of my door from passing out. I was out for a good minute. I could hear everything going on but just could not "wake up". By the time I came to, my heart was pounding and I felt so out of it. After weeks and weeks of tests, I found out inadvertently that I had mono, and it was in the end stages. At the time, the ER doc said my fainting episode was just a syncope that happens to teenagers randomly. Since then, I found out I do have a slight arrhythmia, although it is not life threatening. I also have bouts of tachycardia when I take naps sometimes. Does this happen to anybody else? My blood work is normal and other than the tachy, I'm healthy. Any ideas?? I think it might just be anxiety and severe stress.

Thanks,
Becca

[Gina2Westies]

I'm not sure about Mono triggering anxiety, but I do know that virus such as Mono in many cases can cause POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia SYndrome).  This basically means that you have an increased heart rate when going from a lying to a standing position with or without a drop in blood pressure.  The dizziness could be from low blood pressure.  Have you had that checked?  Have you ever fainted from being dizzy or lightheaded?

for more info on POTS check out dinet.org.  Low blood pressure that leads to fainting is called Vasovagal Syncope. (you can Google to find out more)