Same as Kitty. I had mononucleosis in late 95/early 96. Also had shingles at the same time, but didnt realize it was shingles till just a few years ago when I recognized the symptoms of shingles when reading another person's post about having shingles.

It was probably mid 1997 when I had my first experience with vertigo. (actually, I had vertigo one year when I was about 9 or 10...everytime I rode in the car for about a month or two, I'd get dizzy and sick feeling)

I was working in a telemarketing place (taking inbound calls) when I got dizzy at work one day. Went home early, went to the doctor and was told it was an ear infection.

So, for about the next 9 years or so, I thought I had a lot of ear infections every year. (3 - 5 bouts of vertigo a year!)


I really do think mono was the cause of all this. I had mono about the same time my former boss at a fast food job had it. She was diagnosed with MS in 2000 or 2001...and I've heard from another person I worked with at that same job that was also diagnosed with MS. I'm pretty sure that same person also had mono around the same time I did.

I think either the mono causes MS in people who might be genetically predisposed to getting MS. Or, the mono and some other illness work together to trigger the MS (and there might be a genetic component in that combination too)