When I was around 12 or 13, I had the Epstein-Barr virus.

For a couple of *months* I couldn’t: - Walk straight. Always looked like I was completely drunk - Speak normally. Each word I spoke was only half-finished and I had to constantly re-pronounce any words again and again - Write on paper. I just couldn’t write a single sentence, it just didn’t work. I had practically lost the “precision ” of any movements

Not to mention the constant headache and pain in the throat.

I am wondering why it lasted that long and if it had left any sort of permanent effects.