I'm in the same boat as you with the EBV being reactivated. I was 45 when I caught Covid and I'm now a 47 yr old Long Hauler. I just hit my two year mark a couple days ago and it hit me hard. As soon as I caught Covid I stopped getting a period and haven't had one since. It's nice, but wtf is this disease doing to my body?! I gained a lot of weight because I have hypothyroidism and Covid essentially started eating my thyroid. It nearly killed me. I spent March through July sick in bed with a 100-102 degree fever and flu-like symptoms unable to do anything. It's just been me and my disabled kitty the whole time. My family and friends have disowned me. I haven't hugged someone in over a year.
I have nobody to talk to. I'm stuck in my studio apartment in Boston alone and watch the world go on outside my window and wish so badly that I had my old life back so I can be like those lucky people. I have an appt with my pcp tomorrow and I'm going to have him prescribe Metformin. My glucose levels are elevated as well and I've read on other forums that people have had good luck with that. When I first had EBV I remember taking Valtrex. Is it helping your symptoms now? I'm wondering if I should ask my doctor to prescribe that as well. I was looking into an inhaler called Trelegy also, but read the side effects and they scared the shit out of me. Have you heard of NAC? I take that with glutathione. Look it up and check out the benefits. I also take Elderberry with Zinc and Vitamin C, Ashwaghanda root with turmeric, ginger, apple cider vinegar, 10,000IU of D3 and a pre-natal multi vitamin.
I've been fighting with SSDI for a year and a half and have barely any income which doesn't help the stress levels. Sorry for the long message, but I wanted to reach out to find out if the Valtrex is helping?
Cheers,
Melissa