I passed out and hit my head about a year ago. I spent two days in the hospital. They ran bloodwork and did a CT Scan. I was told everything was normal. When I went home and continued to get worse that’s when I saw a Function Medicine specialist. They ran the tests for EBV which came back positive with very high numbers.
I haven’t been able to get this virus into remission and I just continue down this road of exhaustion. I also still had a couple of markers for Lyme in my blood which I was told don’t really mean anything since there were only two. I’ve pretty much given up and just try to understand my new normal and do the best I can.
I was told early on I was depressed and offered antidepressants. I felt my depression was stemming from my life falling apart from being sick. I also had severe anxiety, and again it felt related to the illness. Now that I’ve accepted my new normal, I still feel sadness, but it’s not the same as depression and anxiety. It’s one day at a time and acceptance has been a slow process, but it helps deal with the pain of what my life has become. Some days are better than others.