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    Has anything helped your "brain fog"?

    Celebrex is helping my brain fog and depression tremendously. LDN, Ketotifen, and Quercetin have also made an impact. The celebrex scares me because it has a warning about increasing risk for heart attack or stroke and I'm worried my doctor won't let me take it long term but honestly I'd be...
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    Chronic Epstein Barr Virus...advice?

    Just did some quick research and xmen seems unlikely, as it is x-linked and I'm a female. I could see my mom being a carrier or even having the disease given her health history and the history of all her relatives, but Id be absolutely shocked if my father had the disease. Plus if they both had...
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    Chronic Epstein Barr Virus...advice?

    I've never even heard of xmen disease so I'll have to check it out, thank you so much! I haven't tried Valtrex because the only doc willing to treat me has been a naturopath, all the allopathic doctors I've seen have said there isn't any treatment and I just need to deal with it and keep...
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    Chronic Epstein Barr Virus...advice?

    Hello all. I'm age 26, and I had mono for the first time when I was 15. It was an unusually severe case that lasted 1.5 years, and ever since then I've had relapses yearly, lasting up to 9 months, and never with more than 6 months tops in between full relapses (but usually relapses come sooner...