u/Thwawy0

Damn I really hate constantly obsessing over physical sensations in my body and always being convinced that I have some chronic illness that’s gonna permanently throw off my life. It’s so exhausting. Right now I’ve been testing positive for the flu for a month and my current OCD hypotheses about this are that I must have HIV (I literally don’t have unprotected sex or use IV drugs) or ME/CFS (I’m not even fatigued). I love how I can see how outrageous my obsessions are but still be paralyzed with fear from them.

Anyone know at all why I could still be positive and symptomatic with flu b after 25 days. For the most part my symptoms have been nausea, stomach aches, chills, mild headache, very mild cough, and very mild congestion. My symptoms come and go and mostly have just been the GI symptoms and chills. I’ve really barely had any respiratory symptoms. When I first got sick it really just seemed like I had a stomach bug. I’m relatively healthy and got my flu vaccine. I have literally no idea at all why this won’t go away. There have been at least 3-4 times where I have felt 80-90% back to normal and then all the sudden in a day or two felt really sick again. I’m luckily not the completely bed ridden kind of sick. I can manage short grocery trips, preparing quick meals like a sandwich, play video games, and other things that require mild physical or mental effort. I went to the doctor a couple days ago and she didn’t seem too concerned and said people can be positive for the flu for up to a month. Legit just wondering if anyone has any ideas at all why this could be happening. My current theory is I must have or had something else along with the flu at the beginning like food poisoning or a mild stomach bug. But yeah I’m at a loss and just want some hope that I’ll feel better soon cause I’m going crazy. Any suggestions on what to do would be helpful.

I’ve been testing positive for flu B for 16 days now. My symptoms improved for the first week and then plateaued and have stayed the same for the last 10ish days. Luckily my symptoms are not severe. I have no respiratory symptoms or fever. Just a headache, generally feeling sick and gross, and bad fatigue. I’m very confused as to why this is happening. I’m not immunocompromised and I got my flu shot this year. I just want to get back to my normal life :(