My daughter is 16 years old and was diagnosed today with mono. I have never seen any of my children as sick as this poor girl. I had her to the doctor 3 times before they finally tested her for it. She has had the normal symptoms stomach ache, fever, aches, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, fatigue and body aches. We are on day 11. She was given no antibiotics. I pray she is well soon. Good luck to everyone. This thing is nasty.

My daughter had some coughing but one night complained of a bad sore throat that was on a Tuesday. I took her to the ER and a strep throat test came back negative. On Friday, I took her to her regular doctor, and she tested positive for mono. She was feeling fine by Saturday. Her symptoms were a sore throat for four days, and a fever of 101 for three days. We made her eat, plus we gave her lots of Gatorade and vitamin C. I would say she only felt bad for about a week.

I have mono, and the symptoms I had were: My throat swelled up, I had white film in my throat, I was weak, simple tasks made me sweat and my heart race, and I had a high fever.

I have been very, very tired, but I don't have a sore throat or muscle pain. I woke up one day and the room was spinning, so the doctor drew blood and checked for mono. I tested positive. That was about two months ago. I was feeling really tired again, so I had them draw blood, and they said I still have an active case, but my numbers are lower. I think this means I'm improving. It's frustrating because I am in my 30s and I feel so incredibly tired all the time.

I was affected by multiple, seemingly unrelated health problems before I was tested and knew I had mono. The first two symptoms were fatigue and incapacitating headaches. I had these two symptoms along with nausea and pain in the upper left of my abdomen (spleen area) that continued for about two months until I developed a high fever (between 100 and 102 degrees) and excruciating pain in the tonsils and throat glands. I also had a sinus/chest cold. Finally, I was tested and diagnosed with mononucleosis.

The major symptom of my mono was never ending exhaustion for about a month, then a raging fever of 105 for more than a week. Almost exactly two years later, the symptoms reappeared. A blood test was positive: Mono was still there. They said it had been in a dormant state for that period. I was 18 with the first occurrence, so I was 20 with the second. I was in college at the time. My energy returned years later. Now at 76, I am healthier than I was at that age, but I do have to take thyroid medication. Looking back, I truly think it caused some strange type of depression.

I am 29 years old and just found out that I have mono. It started 2 weeks ago when I had a headache and neck stiffness. They thought it was spinal meningitis, but they ruled that out. I continued to get worse I was so tired and drained feeling and the fever started. They did more tests and found out it was mono, strep and I'm anemic. I have never felt so bad my whole life. I am so tired and my fever comes and goes. I have 4 children and I can't even do anything for them because it wears me out so quickly. Some nights I literally feel like I'm dying. I am so ready for this to be over. I keep praying that God will give me strength.

It started off like a sore throat. I did notice fatigue worse than normal. After a full day of work in the heat on Wednesday, I thought I was going to pass out. I tested negative for strep throat, then the doctor tested me for mono, which came back positive. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I took Amoxil to no avail. I still have pus on my tonsils, and they are inflamed. I've been feeling kind of loopy-headed, almost dizzy at times. I have a weird overall feeling, like slow motion.