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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1
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Adult son has ABV
Hi I am new... and worried...
ABV, never heard of it until my now 30yr old son was diagnosed. I know nothing about this virus and what it's ramifications are or can be. But I have a suspicion he has had this for a long time.
As a teenager he was extremely hard to handle, bouts of depression, anger, violent behavior toward himself and other's. Many hours of counciling and what he called "Head Checks" ~~various tests ~~were done over the years. At the time we thought it was bad attitude mixed w/ drug and or alcohol usage.
He has been clean and sober now ( as far as I know ) for 2.5 yrs and was diagnosed last yr ( I was just informed yesterday). I always thought his depression, even as a kid was related to his not getting enuf sunlight. The only time I remember when he seemed depression free ( easy to see now, looking back ) was when we lived in the Philippines for two years, FL and California almost 2. ( military family)
He is a musucian by trade and seemingly can go for months with out really spending anytime in the real world of sunlight. Winters were always a bad time for him. Every year between Thanksgiving and Spring has been an upsetting time... Is this a different thing altogether or could this infact have been a contributing factor to his behavior and actually a result of the EBV?
Sorry to ramble... just concerned , don't have anything to go on, he is very closed about what he considers "his problems" and doesn't want to dicuss them with me nor his father. His wife is equally as so. I would like to know the standard treatments, holistic treatments and would like to know how easily it is transmitted (EBV ) and if my 4 yr old Grandson and my son's ex wife should be tested?
Now, with this diagnosis it seems to me ( a Mom ) that maybe the Vit D or lack thereof is a REAL factor in his life. Right now he is having an episode is what he calls it.... not sure what beyond extreme fatigue and headaches he is experiencing, his voice sounded real bad too, very raspy. He has a lot of work lined up over the next few months and is definately feeling the stress, can this be a trigger for a flare up?
Geesh this is going to read like a bad book, sorry, if someone could just shove me in the right direction I would be so very thankful...
EdsMom
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