A 44 year old male, teacher and coach, fun loving full of energy, father of 2, and wonderful husband. His trouble started after the holidays one year. It began with a sore throat, followed by a decrease in energy, his legs ached, and he just did not feel like himself. He went to the doctor, and had tests run, only to find after a variety of tests, nothing was found. His doctor informed him it must be depression and sent him to a Psychiatrist.
The Psychiatrist prescribed anti depressants, and sent him home. Two weeks on the drug, he began having panic attacks, another drug for that was prescribed. Three weeks on those two drugs, and his blood pressure sky rocketed, head aches, and he began to slur his words. More drugs for high blood pressure, and of course pain medication for the headaches, and oh yes, anti siezure medication for the slurring. Let's see, that would be 5 drugs prescribed.
The principal of the school threatened to fire him, his wife threatened to leave him, his life was falling apart. One of his fellow workers suggested he make an appointment with me. Out of desperation, he did, a year later.
I found mono. Yes, mononucleosis. It makes sense doesn't it. I mean, he was a teacher and coach at a high school. Mono is highly contagious and only shows up in a blood test about 15% of the time.
We treated the virus, strengthened his adrenal glands with nutritional supplements, and he began to get his life back. The hardest part was getting off the drugs his body was now addicted to, after all, it had been a year.
The great news is, he succeeded in weaning off the drugs in about 6 months, and is doing just fine.
