Quick rundown on EBV/fatigue, please?

[dazedmom]

Can somebody please give me a quick rundown on EBV and how long it's reasonable to expect the fatigue to last?  My teenage daughter currently has elevated EBV numbers, and I suspect that the "flu" she had last January was mono.  But it's now September, and she's still trying to sleep 14 hours a day, and is always exhausted.  Is this normal?

The other possibility is that she didn't really get mono until this summer, when I know a close friend of hers got it.  But if so, she never showed any obvious signs of it (other than this durn fatigue!)

[ott70]

I agree with PlateletGal, start slow with the drops. I went gung-ho and was using 30 drops 3 x a day. That's when my herxing seemed real bad. Did I think I was going to die? Kind of, just because I was having cardiac symptoms. Was it any worse then when I was feeling like crud without it? Not really.

I'm now at 20 drops 3 x a day. That seems to work fine and the herxing is not as severe. Whatever the doctors Jernigan have formulated into their bottles, I would say it works. Get a bottle and then just take it easy with the amount of drops. The herxing symptoms are probably not going to feel any worse than your real crummy days you have had with your illness.

Who knows, maybe after using Jernigans for a few months your WBC could improve. It's natural, so you won't be pumping toxins into your body.

[PlateletGal]

I see it this way : if I don't address the pathogens that are making me so ill, then they will continue to be there and multiply. If I wait to do this treatment, then it may be too late.

This is why it is important to work with a physician when you are on this treatment. If you talk to Dr. Jernigan and have a phone consultation with him, he may be able to recommend what kind of physician would be best to see.

[PlateletGal]

Oops --- I forgot to add something. There are physicians who believe that a weaknened immune system & pathogens can cause cancer. I know they've been doing a lot of research on this and I know they've also been finding links between mycoplasmas and cancer. CFS patients apparently have a much higher risk for thyroid cancer.

[carisa]

Well that's just great-I already have thyroid problems. I've heard the link between these issues and cancer and that scares me too! Well, I definitely think i'm going to try out these formulas. I guess it can't hurt. I'll just start out slow like you guys said. It is my cardiac symptoms that make me a little nervous of the herxing, but if I start out slow I could most likely control that. Do you two know how long someone is supposed to be on these drops before they start to turn around and actually get better? I know it probably depends on the person and how long they have been sick, etc.

[PlateletGal]

Hi carisa,

I also had cardiac problems when I first started these pathogen killing treatments. I would strongly recommend talking to Dr. Jernigan first before you start this.... he does phone consultations and I think you will be impressed at how much he knows about these chronic illnesses, including CFS.

I think the treatment depends on how long the person has been ill and other factors.

[stillsore]

All these posts are from 2008. I was hoping to connect with some experienced people with EVB.