I saw that Bigbadbulldog was sick so I thought I would start a new thread so everyone would see this I wish I would have had this info a long time ago.
Alright here's my story, I kept getting sick or having a really strong week followed by a bad one with my training routines. I would train really hard one week and the next I felt like shit or I got sick. A lot of times I thought it was sinus trouble because my throat would hurt and I figured it was from sinuses draining at night. I read in a magazine a few weeks ago about mononucleosis and a female bodybuilder who was having the same symtoms I was having. Mono is a virus and she would have a relapse every few weeks after she would have a hard training session. Her symtoms were little or no motivation and no energy. Strength one week would be up and the next down. There's no cure for mono and hard training and steroids tend to strain our immune systems sometimes giving the virus the window it needs to make us sick again. I think this is also linked to what some call test flu. It may not be mono thats making you sick but some type of infection is in your body and can spread because your immune system is weak. For mono there are some herbal medicines available. I take scullkap, olive leaf, and astralagus. Skullcap is suppose to kill the virus supposedly. Im not sure about that but the three together have definatly helped me tremedously. I take those fro about 3 weeks and then off 2 weeks, but I'm always take other things for my immune system like vitamin C and E. It doesnt cost that much and its definatly cheaper than goin to the doc and paying for some antiboitics that are a temporay fix.
I hope this helps some of you. Its definatly helped me.
Alright here's my story, I kept getting sick or having a really strong week followed by a bad one with my training routines. I would train really hard one week and the next I felt like shit or I got sick. A lot of times I thought it was sinus trouble because my throat would hurt and I figured it was from sinuses draining at night. I read in a magazine a few weeks ago about mononucleosis and a female bodybuilder who was having the same symtoms I was having. Mono is a virus and she would have a relapse every few weeks after she would have a hard training session. Her symtoms were little or no motivation and no energy. Strength one week would be up and the next down. There's no cure for mono and hard training and steroids tend to strain our immune systems sometimes giving the virus the window it needs to make us sick again. I think this is also linked to what some call test flu. It may not be mono thats making you sick but some type of infection is in your body and can spread because your immune system is weak. For mono there are some herbal medicines available. I take scullkap, olive leaf, and astralagus. Skullcap is suppose to kill the virus supposedly. Im not sure about that but the three together have definatly helped me tremedously. I take those fro about 3 weeks and then off 2 weeks, but I'm always take other things for my immune system like vitamin C and E. It doesnt cost that much and its definatly cheaper than goin to the doc and paying for some antiboitics that are a temporay fix.
I hope this helps some of you. Its definatly helped me.