eric_gladiator
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What do you mean with mono?
What do you mean with mono?
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I've heard birth control pills are supposed to raise copper which, when accumulated to high levels, can cause ME. I'm no expert but there is a lot of info on the net about copper toxicity if you haven't already explored it as a possible cause of your illness.I was very healthy, but within a period of weeks, I got a severe case of food poisoning, followed by a severe case of mono. At this time I also had a terrible reaction to a birth control pill and a flu shot while sick. I think that the birth control pill weakened my immune system, making the food poisoning and mono more difficult on my body.
EB for me, I believe known as Glandular Fever in the UK.
That went on for about 6 months. Then another 6 months of nausea, vertigo like symptoms, deep muscle fatigue that just will not go away in my legs and any other parts of my body. Difficulty sleeping properly and difficulty getting out of bed. I suspect if I hadn't been taking siberian ginseng for my immune system (which is now pretty terrible) I'd never have been able to continue working. My job was extremely simple and stress free at the time which made things easier.
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As someone else said, I'm not 100% sure, but I'll go to my grave believing that I didn't have CFS/ME until three days after starting on Penicillin.What caused your ME onset?
I think antibiotics played a role in changing the microbiome makeup for me permanently. I had a rebound infection as well and so had to go on the antibiotics twice. But I suspect the pessary antibiotic tablet may have been the one that did it. My ME though didn't kick in until 10 years later. But I think the microbiome changes caused me to progress on to ME years later via flu.As someone else said, I'm not 100% sure, but I'll go to my grave believing that I didn't have CFS/ME until three days after starting on Penicillin.