Dreadful virus I can’t get over...

Listen to your body and see your gp. My son did exactly that and has just returned to work after being off for 6 weeks with work related stress. It is a real illness, he was also unable to shake anything off, stress affected his immune system so badly

You’re not ready to go back to work. Yes, please see your GP, take this seriously and allow yourself time to recover. Let us know how you get on.

How alarming. You are clearly too sick to go to work. If you push yourself to the limit to go back to work too soon, recovery takes much longer.

Could it have been actual flu? That really takes it out of you.

Thank you, I think I shall have to bite the bullet and go and see my GP. I am pretty sure it’s not ‘flu’ which I had when I was 15 - I remember how God awful I felt with actual ‘flu’. It is a virus I think and the stressful situation at work is probably not helping. I am so fed up, any movement and I am whacked and out of breath! It is really getting me down. Thank you for your sensible advice ?

Mamma, I think you need to stay off work and get a sick note from your doctor. Be sensible and kind to yourself.
Without meaning to alarm you, it took six weeks for me to get over a virus, after the person next to me on a plane, coughed all over me for three hours.
Stress at work will also be impacting on your already low immune system. I hope you feel better soon.

Listen to all the other posters Mamma66 Take more time to recover otherwise you are storing up problems for the future. Get plenty of rest and don't worry about work for now.
Hope you feel better soon.

I feel for you Mamma66, I've had exactly the same virus as you, it absolutely wipes you out.
The symptom which resonated with me was that you feel better until you try to do something. I was having to sleep so much and literally getting up, then having to go back to bed exhausted and sleeping for hours.
I would go to the Doctors, get an emergency appointment and just rest as much as you can do.
It will go eventually, although you probably feel like it won't. It took two weeks for me to feel anything like.

This is what having M.E./CFS is like. Listen to your body, Mamma66.

I have had M.E. for 31 years, and for the first 2 years I couldn't get out of bed. My husband and I both caught a nasty virus. He got better and I never did. I am not meaning to worry you, but 2 weeks is nothing. Don't push yourself.

Mamma66, once I felt pretty much like that after a viral infection. I was as weak as a kitten and couldn't seem to get enough oxygen to my muscles.

I stopped dead in a shop and just leaned on the trolley for a while, unable to move. I was whisked off to the doctor and given a certificate for another week off - and told to rest.

I feel for anyone having to try and work after suffering a viral infection. It takes ages before you feel anything like human.

I would class my myself as a pretty strong " oldie " but a virus knocked me sideways after Christmas until well into January, so I would say that whatever it was, it took all of a month before I felt normal as it left me so washed out.
I actually thought I was breathing my last ! I couldn't walk properly either as my legs felt like lead. Wouldn't like to go through that again.

Rest is the only cure really.( not that you have the energy to do anything anyway )

Take Echinacea which boosts your immune system. It works before, during or after a virus. Either stops you coming down with it at the start or helps you recover afterwards. I can vouch for this. Take the full dose for a couple of weeks.

Mg husband is like this atm. Doctor said it can take a few weeks to recover so I think you need more time off. Working with an illness is a bid straon on your body and can also cause you to develop M.E./CFS.

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I need to slow down.

I had similar a while ago, one day after pushing myself to go out, I had trouble walking back to the car. No energy at all, when I usually walk miles. It took over 6 weeks to clear altogether. Luckily I no longer needed to worry about time off work.

Thanks for your sensible advice. I went to the Doctor this week. The good news is my chest and heart are okay (the breathlessness was getting a bit frightening) the not so good news is that it takes a good two to three weeks to get over this. So I am signed off for another week and see where I go from there

I had a nasty virus like yours a long while ago, I thought I could go back to work straightaway after a couple days out of bed. I could not cope at work, so went back to docs, and he signed me off with post viral debility for another couple weeks. I thought it was a very descriptive name for how I felt.
Perhaps you have the same?
Hope you feel fighting fit soon!