The whole completely drained inability to move from my comfy position on the sofa ALL day long followed by the waking up at 3 AM and not being able to sleep... this has been pestering me for weeks now. It reminded me of something, and I could not quite put my finger on it... African Sleeping Sickness!! I know that is not it but it is amazing how similar it is. So i thought I would share.

Wikipedia says:

Symptoms begin with fever, headaches, and joint pains. As the parasites enter through both the blood and lymph systems, lymph nodes often swell up to tremendous sizes. Winterbottom's sign, the tell-tale swollen lymph nodes along the back of the neck, may appear. If untreated, the disease slowly overcomes the defenses of the infected person, and symptoms spread to include anemia, endocrine, cardiac, and kidney diseases and disorders. The disease then enters a neurological phase when the parasite passes through the blood-brain barrier. The symptoms of the second phase give the disease its name; besides confusion and reduced coordination, the sleep cycle is disturbed with bouts of fatigue punctuated with manic periods progressing to daytime slumber and night-time insomnia. Without treatment, the disease is invariably fatal, with progressive mental deterioration leading to coma and death.