Having mono as an autistic

[KingKittycat]

I had mono in October and it was terrible. I got behind in school and couldn’t do anything. I recovered in November, but for a few days I feel sick like it’s recurring. I researched and I think it’s chronic fatigue from mono. It’s an absolute terrible disease and it’s been affecting me. I am absolutely had it with this disease. I am sick of it controlling my life. I want it to end, but it’s not. As an autistic it’s hard to accept new changes. Any advice?

[Bee-bop]

Hi there,First thing is to rule other things out to get diagnosis for chronic fatigue. Low iron and/or vitamin D gives similar symptoms. I have chronic fatigue syndrome/ME myself and it means pacing things so as to not do too much. Things is, you could have post viral fatigue which does go after a few weeks/months and has the same symptoms but, you need to check in with your doctor as it could be as simple as taking some extra vitamins to feel more like your usual self.

My daughter keeps feeling like she's going to be ill and then not too and we've put it down to changes in the weather and stress from college work so, she's trying to rest a bit more. It seems, for her at least, these symptoms are more around this time of year and she has always had more ear, nose and throat issues than her siblings and takes longer to recover. Do you feel that you usually take a bit longer to recover yourself?

[KingKittycat in reply to Bee-bop]

Yes it take me longer to recover.