I am temporarily a SAHM, more by circumstance (pandemic etc) than by choice to be bluntly honest. My kiddo is 15 months and I love her more than life, but I am SO tired. Like deep to my bones tired. I feel like I live for nap time and bedtime, but feel a constant guilt for feeling that way (as if I am not valuing the precious time with my little girl). I’m fortunate that my daughter sleeps through the night but even with “enough” hours of sleep I still feel exhausted physically and emotionally. I’m at my edge daily.

Anyways, is this normal? Is this just a side effect of being a SAHM with a toddler? Can I do anything to make it better? How are y’all coping with pandemic isolation life with little ones?? I want to feel better not just for myself but so I can have enough energy to really be there and give my daughter all the love and attention she deserves (without the constant sense of dread and blah).

My GI doc suggested I may have Fibro. I want to see if other IBS-havers have had this experience with their GI and how you went about it. I also am trying to find out if it's due to my IBS or caused by Chemo and on-going cancer treatments.

Thanks in advance! :D

Since Oct 2021 I've been taking 5k IU D3 almost daily and I've taken 1 capsule of 200mg Magnesium glycinate almost daily too. My symptoms are I never wake up feeling refreshed. Dull headaches often, fatigue and malaise as if I'm always sick with a flu, depression and anxiety symptoms. I don't even feel human. Can't laugh or cry. Haven't had fun in so long. I don't take Lexapro anymore. Quit it cold turkey back in 2018.

Here are the supps I take: Naturelo Magnesium Glycinate chelate 200mg capsules and nature wise vitamin D3 5k IU.

And my 2020 Oct blood tests: https://imgur.com/a/XR9ws6a

Home sleep study (watchpat one) https://imgur.com/a/63xYgTc

What I usually eat (I lack veggies most likely) https://imgur.com/a/IDDpOUJ

I tried exercise but it does not help me feel better. I went to the gym for a week and felt worse and struggled to lift anything as I felt depleted.

After a long time and a lot of work, our hypothesis on the development of ME/CFS following an Epstein Barr virus infection has finally been published:

https://www.frontiersin.org/article...journalName=Frontiers_in_Immunology&id=656797

I would like to thank Dr. Bruno Paiva's team at CIMA of the University of Navarra, Aintzane Zabaleta and Solve ME/CFS initiative for making this project possible.
Soon we will be able to start with the study in ME/CFS patients. I will give more information later.

If you want to collaborate helping the research with a donation, you can do it in the following link:
https://helpify.es/comunidades/todo-por-la-causa-del-sindrome-de-la-fatiga-cronica/

Best regards,
Manuel.

About 6 weeks ago I [30m] developed a chest pain that was followed by exhaustion and breathlessness. The level of breathlessness was to the point where a flight of stairs was too much and I needed to recover my breath.

After a myriad of tests everything came back clear, and antibiotics did nothing to help. Eventually the stinging in my chest and shortness of breath went away but what I have now is what I believe to be CFS.

I am almost always tired, a full night sleep doesn’t help and I routinely sleep around three hours every day to make it through the whole day. I often have aches in my legs and back and it often feels like I’m trying to walk through mud or in a strong wind, it requires a lot of effort sometimes. Simple tasks exhaust me and I have had to really thin down on what I can cope with at work.

I had covid back in January and apart from a loss of taste and smell I have had no real issues from it, the tiredness during the day has been something I’ve had for a few months but not anywhere near what it is now. I’d be interested to know what people think, am I correct in my thinking here?

im 5 months in this Process
im completely exhausted from this and i'm not sure what I have
i checked almost everything and couldn't find a Diagnosis.
until i came to these 2 terms - that describe my situation.
I would appreciate if you guys can tell me the differences between these 2

I am exhausted all the time. Some sort of pain constantly. On occasion I take a small stool chair into the shower to sit on. When I get to work in the morning I feel the same as I did last night when I left work. Turn down invites to go visit family because of low energy or headaches. Wake up stiff. Drop things. Memory issues. Slurred speech.

Deployed. Considered a Gulf War Vet in medical records. Going through the list of symptoms. I am pretty sure I have Gulf War Syndrome/Illness, MUCMI, whatever the 2021 name of it is. My question is how should file for it?

Do I file for: Gulf War Syndrome/Illness or Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia or Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illness (MUCMI)

Or do I file for everything all at once and let the VA figure it out? It will probably take longer and more C&P exams but I am not in a rush and already have a VA rating.

I have seen examples of one rating for "Chronic Fatigue with Fibromyalgia" combined like a Mental Health rating.

Anyone got a rating for GWI or MUCMI?

Edit: Currently 90%, already have IBS (related to Gulf War) presumed with max rating for the condition. Been complaining of energy levels for years to Primary Doc. Blood work is always normal every year.

Edit2: changed formatting of illness list.

Any mom's with chronic fatigue syndrome how did you cope during pregnancy and PP? Any advice is appreciated

ive recently learned about chronic fatigue syndrome and it’s been one of those big “AHA” moments for me. the constant muscle and joint pain, headaches, soreness, digestive issues, and never fucking feeling like i have enough energy for anything.

i wanted to know if anyone else suffers with this (people with childhood trauma are significantly more at risk) and if there’s more information that could help me make sense of this.

EDIT:: did some more research, and the symptoms could definitely also be fibromyalgia because overall pain affects me more than the fatigue. and interestingly, adverse childhood events put you at risk for that too..

someone from CFS sub suggested the app curable. ive had it for an hour and feel so much lighter. the app breaks down the reality of pain through a series of lessons. there’s a paid version that i hope to subscribe to soon. i’m just saying this in case someone here is struggling like i am.

And here she is confronting him, and it’s brilliant.

https://youtu.be/963WCmb2_h4

I have been doing Crossfit for approximately 5 years. This is the second time this issue has come to my attention in the last year, as it happened in February and is happening currently.

Basically, I have an infant we are sleep training. So I'm getting anywhere between 3-7 hours of sleep a night. Not ideal. I train 6 days a week, RX athlete, vegetarian, and I compete intermittently (maybe 2-3 times a year) and my wife and I both work full-time.

Long story short, I noticed a decline in performance. Max lifts took a small hit at first. Then, I started to notice a decreased reaction with my heart rate. In a WOD, I can usually see the heart rate gradually climb between 140-180 dependent on intensity / activity. Lately, it peaks at 150 (I'm 34 years old) and I am DEAD at that point.

Another notable change is resting heart rate. Normally when sleeping its 44 BPM, lately its more like 80 BPM.

HRV has tanked. Normally 80-120, it is now below 50 at all times. I get headaches with exertion. Fatigue with the slightest exertion.

I believe what I am experiencing is essential the destruction of my CNS (Central Nervous Syndrome). Last time this occurred, I took 2 weeks of complete rest before vitals returned to normal.

Anyone else experience this? Any competitors experience this and have found ways to stay at the competitive level while avoiding falling into an overtraining hole unknowingly?

ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Fibromyalgia?

Try random mix of a few (3 or 4) of these a day, for a month ;)

Selenium

Spermidine

Alpha Lipoic Acid

L-Dopa

Satsuma Marmalade (this as daily intake)

Astaxanthin

Estradiol

PQQ Pyrroloquinoline Quinone

Taurine

Magnesium

Make note/diary of how you feel as you start to introduce these into the body, after a month look back to see the difference, also hair nail skin will improve too so do take some photos too to compare :)

Try not to mix or take too many vitamins minerals and "medications", it's like painting a picture with colours, just the right colours used will create beautiful painting but mixing up all the colours will create nothing but junk! Piano or any musical instruments can made to make music or just noise!

What I am giving out here is very precise, respect it, I am only giving this out as few people on my other sub gave me enough reason to do the right thing.

He claims to be able to cure patients of the disease but I cannot find a single patient story online about it either for our against it.

Does anyone here by chance know anything about Dr. Markov??

I figure if his discovery was legitimate it would be like front page news throughout Ukraine.

Anyone heard of this?

Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/symptoms/

Contents

1. Overview
2. Symptoms
3. Diagnosis
4. Treatment

The main symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is feeling extremely tired and generally unwell.

Symptoms vary from person to person, and the severity of symptoms can vary from day to day, or even within a day.

Extreme tiredness (fatigue)

The main symptom of ME/CFS is extreme physical and mental tiredness (fatigue) that does not go away with rest or sleep. This can make it difficult to carry out everyday tasks and activities.

Most people with ME/CFS describe their fatigue as overwhelming and a different type of tiredness from what they've experienced before.

Exercising usually makes the symptoms worse. Sometimes the effect is delayed and you'll feel very tired a few hours after you've exercised, or even the next day.

Problems sleeping

Many people with ME/CFS also have problems with their sleep.

You may find that:

• you do not feel refreshed after sleeping – like you have not had a proper good night's rest
• you keep waking up during sleep
• you feel stiff, tired or have flu-like symptoms when waking up
• you feel very tired and sleepy during the day

Problems with thinking, memory and concentration

If you have ME/CFS, it's also common to have:

• problems remembering certain words, names or numbers
• difficulty concentrating or difficulty focusing on more than one thing at a time
• problems remembering things that happened recently
• being slow to speak or react to things

These problems are sometimes described "brain fog".

Other symptoms

Other symptoms of ME/CFS can include:

• muscle or joint pain
• headaches
• a sore throat or sore glands that are not swollen
• flu-like symptoms
• feeling dizzy or sick
• fast or irregular heartbeats (heart palpitations)

Severity of symptoms

Most cases of ME/CFS are mild or moderate, but 1 in 4 pe

After a long time and a lot of work, our hypothesis on the development of ME/CFS following an Epstein Barr virus infection has finally been published:

https://www.frontiersin.org/article...journalName=Frontiers_in_Immunology&id=656797

I would like to thank Dr. Bruno Paiva's team at CIMA of the University of Navarra, Aintzane Zabaleta and Solve ME/CFS initiative for making this project possible.
Soon we will be able to start with the study in ME/CFS patients. I will give more information later.

If you want to collaborate helping the research with a donation, you can do it in the following link:
https://helpify.es/comunidades/todo-por-la-causa-del-sindrome-de-la-fatiga-cronica/

Best regards,
Manuel.