Question: my son feels sick almost every morning. He's also quite lethargic and unmotivated about life in general. He has had glandular fever this year but doesn't have any symptoms from that anymore. Just says he feels sick. Every morning, which lasts until around mid afternoon.

He has had difficulty with school, but has left and is now working, which he seems happy enough with. He is working with his father on our family farm but will continue studies in mechanics next year which he is quite looking forward to. XXXXXXX is actually pretty bright, but just not suited for sitting still in a classroom, bored him senseless. He wasn't misbehaving at school, just wasn't engaging. I honestly thought that he was "faking sick' to get out of school but he hasn't been to school in several weeks now and still he is complaining about feeling unwell and fatigued.

He has a good group of friends and a girlfriend (which is a bit up and down). The difficulty with him (in comparison to his older sister) is that I never know what he's thinking. He's such a closed book. Which I realise is a bit of a boy thing.

I had also thought of depression, and so has our doctor, but XXXXXXX is extremely resistant to seeking any help for that. He had full blood work done 6 months ago which is when the glandular fever was discovered.

He feels nauseous but doesn't actually throw up. This happens on mornings when he doesn't have work, as well as on week mornings. He seems better once he gets up and gets going but can't face food first thing in the morning. And he's an absolute nightmare to get going in the morning.

Thanks for your input XXXXXXX