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Treatment for chronic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)

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@jeff49

Hi Marianne I hope you are doing better. The monolaurin when I started it, my understanding was that you have to start at a low dose then steadily increase over time. Reason being is that it does kill the virus but your body has to process out the dead cells, if you take too much to begin with I believe you feel worse. thats my understanding. My new Doctor is great, she is sending me vitamins in the mail, I'm a veteran so thats how they come to me but nothing I've taken so far has made any difference that I can tell besides the mononlaurin and the rei-shi mushrooms. I'm not sure what adrenal fatique is but I do have just pure fatique and weakness, I can tell that its coming back slowly, I'm still miserable because my energy is so low. It's also very depressing so my Doc started me on Wellbutrin, I believe its the mildest anti-depressant that I know of and it helps with energy also. It has been about 2 months since I started fighting this disease and I have to say that I'm doing alot better. I actually ran out of monolaurin before Christmas and a week later I'm starting to feel bad again.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MONOLAURIN, REI-SHI MUSHROOMS, AND WELLBUTRIN HAS CHANGED MY LIFE!!! Just the other day I was sitting watching tv when I had this really funny feeling come over me...it was a feeling of ENERGY. I haven't felt that in so long that I didn't recognize it at first, and there has been 2 other days that I felt it, one was Christmas Day. I thank God for my new Doctor, she has been great, some Doctors don't think anything is wrong or can't be that bad especially when they can't find anything. She can't find a cure but she is really trying, she could tell that I was at the end of my life that I would have rather been dead then to keep living like that. A few months ago I started a goodbye letter, goodbye to the world because of the misery of this disease. Thankfully I didn't follow thru with it and now I have HOPE again. It's hard to stay positive with EBV but when you start feeling better you will start to have positive feelings again.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE. MAY GOD TOUCH US ALL, AMEN.

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Replies to "Hi Marianne I hope you are doing better. The monolaurin when I started it, my understanding..."

Jeff: I'm so glad you're you are having good results from the monolaurin and rei-shi mushrooms. Mine just arrived a couple days ago. And your information here is going to help me get started. I have started acupuncture treatments for fatigue, etc. I did this 10 years ago and it really helped. This time I have had four treatments; the results are slower. But this week I also experienced renewed energy even though the fatigue still prevails. Thanks much for the information in your post. It's much appreciated. JBrian

Thanks @jeff49 ...I may try to go back on the monolaurin soon. Adrenal fatigue is when the adrenals are stressed therefore put out less cortisol and other hormones as they should. It is not recognized by conventional medicine. They believe your adrenals are flat out not working (Addison's Disease or secondary adrenal insufficiency or they are working well. There is no in between. Symptoms of low adrenals are debilitating fatigue, hypoglycemia, salt cravings, increased thirst. I have had all of those. I have read in the International Journal of Endocrinology that EBV can affect adrenal function even when the infection clears. ....I'm not giving up. I have filled out onlilne paper work to have a consult with Dr. Rodger Murphree.....Anyway, thank you for your encouraging words and for serving our country!