When I was around three years old I fell ill to glandular fever,
from my knowledge this is common in babies etc but from what my mother tells me it was quite severe, I nearly died but I don't talk about it as I feel like it's quite misunderstood.
However I've been doing some research and I came across something called 'chronic fatigue syndrome' It's apparently a controversial diagnosis, may or may not be real but it's supposedly common in people who had glandular fever as a child.
My symptoms match, I have basically everything:
I get dizzy when I stand or sit up and the room spins, I have certain points in my body that ache a lot (knees, upper spine and upper area of arms) yet there's never any redness and I can never really tell if the pain is in my muscles or bones etc, I get brain fog often and my short term memory is terrible, if somebody asked what happened yesterday my mind would stop working. I can't walk long distances without getting the most horrible aches and fatigue. I never seem to not be tired and washing my face with cold water etc does nothing.
It seems to come in cycles too, with bad days and days where there's almost no pain at all.
I've always put this off as everybody feeling like this but I can't put the idea away.
Aibu to think this could be a possibility? Shall I book an appointment with GP when this all gets better?
Does anybody here have an official diagnosis of the condition and could give advice?
Thank you. 