I had it back in January, July, August and now again in October!!!! Yes, I was vaccinated last year in 2025. Has anyone else had the flu sooo many times this year? I used to never get sick
I am 23M professional athlete or at least was, cause everything is at hold right now due to my symptoms.
So long story short, my life turned around after some mysterious illness I had in February, I wasn’t tested at the time, because I thought it was the next infection that I would just pass, so I can’t be sure it was COVID or something else, but I need your genuine advice please.
So the illness was bad it wasn’t a normal cold, I had a real bad sore throat, couldn’t even eat at some point, I also had chest x-ray and they told me it didn’t look good.
So as I initially recovered from the acute symptoms, I started training again maybe after 1 weeks, but something didn’t feel right, can’t really explain what, but I wasn’t at 100%.
Then one day maybe after 2 weeks my acute symptoms went away my body started acting really strange and still acts to this day 8 months later.
My symptoms are mostly neurological as I don’t seem to have major fatigue:
-I have this incredibly strange and awful feeling in my head, it resembles dissociation or some debilitating brain fog, but I don’t feel unreal or something, the feeling is mostly physical and I can’t really explain what it is. Fuzzy/spaced out/kinda dizzy. It is the worst when driving or when walking outside.
-Off balance/“gravitational pulls” when closing my eyes or lifting one leg up to put my shoes on.
-Headaches in my temple region, that come and go
-Dry eyes
-Body feeling “weightless” as if walking on clouds or something
Tests:
Normal Brain MRI. There was “high signal changes inflammation/fluid in my left mastoid ear region” and chronic sinusitis found though, ENT suspected some bacteria involved, so that could explain something, but not sure.
-Normal blood-work
-Normal neurological tests/ oto-neurological showed 37% asymmetry in left ear on post-rotatory chair.
-History of IBS-D
-Never had issues like these prior, I was in the best shape I’ve ever been to be honest.
Anyone else suffering with crippling fatigue currently when the other symptoms of the virus are well gone? It’s been over 4 weeks now and my energy levels are still at the floor and taking every supplement - blood all ok!
Anyone else experienced the same ?
I was seen yesterday at my local urgent care; I’ve been sick since Sunday. Getting sicker each day. Strep test and Covid tests were negative. Supposedly my ears and throat looked “a little red but otherwise fine”, which I don’t really believe considering having them look in my ears and throat I was crying from the severe pain.
What I’ve got going on: Moderate to severe sore throat (sharp razor like pain when swallowing), hoarse voice, moderate ear pain/plugged ears (that occasionally pop), moderate to severe congestion, blowing yellow mucus out of nose, nausea, body aches, fatigue, severe post nasal drip. Dry nonproductive cough almost nonstop. Swollen neck lymph nodes. No taste or smell, no appetite. Unable to sleep due to severity of symptoms.
OTC medication is not helping at all with symptoms or pain management. I have tried a few days of DayQuil and NyQuil; and then switched to ibuprofen, acetaminophen, delsym, mucinex, and saline spray. Feel miserable and would like some sort of relief. Nothing seems to help and I just feel worse each day somehow.
I’ve been in tears the past two nights over how miserable I am. I’m supposed to be going on a trip this week too and I don’t see how that can happen now and I’m really upset as I’ve been looking forward to it for almost a year now.
Please help me. I am miserable. I’m at a loss. I don’t know what to do. This is the sickest I’ve ever felt.
I’ve been sick 8 times this year. Normally I get sick twice, once in the summer and once in the winter. This year has been a nightmare.
I got sick 7 times from January - April, to the point where it felt like I was sick the entire 4 months.
Now I am sick again. Fever, body aches, coughing.
Moreover, I never get just a cold. It’s full-blown flu or something else. Completely debilitating.
I have no kids. I started a new job this year which I though could add some stress. But at this point the stress has normalized from the job, and here I am sick again.
I feel like it’s impacting my life and my relationship.