Took my son to the docter last week

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Originally Posted by Chimchim

I've been dealing with this with my 17 year old since last May. She had mono. After 3 months she kept feeling sluggish still, tired, her spleen has been enlarged and was hurting her. Anyway, she just didn't seem to be getting better and started to lose weight. I took her back and they seemed perplexed. They told me that you can test positive for mono for up to a year, but in reality once you get it that it's just always there. We ended up doing all kinds of blood tests and they told me everything was negative. She bickers with her boyfriend a lot, a lot, which I've talked to her about repeatedly. Part of me thinks she's just major stressed about this relationship stuff and that's why she loses the weight. She goes every couple of weeks to see the doc, but I don't know. She was feeling better for awhile and put back on some weight, but now she's not feeling well again.

We go on Wednesday for another follow up and I'm going to push the issue of getting a second opinion or taking her to Children's Hospital. I know they said all her blood work was negative, but why is she still not feeling well?

Just personal experience when I get stressed out I lose a lot of weight, even though i eat like a pig, I also get really tired & have no energy. My freshman year of college I left a boyfriend at home & he would call all the time & fight with me. I lost almost 20lbs my first semester (at the end of the semester I was 5'7" & weighed 98lbs). I didn't leave my room & I was sleeping almost 12 hours a day. I would say her problem is definitely stress related. I wouldn't leave my boyfriend because I thought I couldn't do any better, I don't know if this is her reason or not. I think a counselor might be helpful for her, since the doctors can't figure it out.