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I wasn't diagnosed at first. My potassium was low so they admitted me to the hospital and they then proceeded to dehydrate me, which is possibly the worst thing you can do for WNV. I was slurring, having terrible visions and nightmares and my left arm and upper thighs became paralyzed. I lost 17 lbs. in one week.
It was a nightmare. But I was healthy to start out with.
Right now, I am on klonipin 3x .05 mg at night for muscle spams, and lortab/ or tramadol 7.5 lortab 2x OR 3 375 tramadol depending how I'm feeling that month..one or the other, never both. Ibuprofen 3x 800mg. I was on cymbalta 60 mg 1x for nerve pain but I had to stop that, the side effects outweighed the benefit.
I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the loss of cymbalta and I may go on it again, I just don't know at this time.
I am 18 months into WNV. I am anemic. I believe I had gastroparesis when I first was infect which contributed to my anemia, since I was having trouble eating food.