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charlie19
charlie19

I am unsure if I have CFS, however it certainly feels like it at present. I am a 57 yr old male, with 10 weeks of super crazy symptoms, 4 weeks of tinnitus with neuro type vertigo, followed by leg fatigue and tingling on face, scalp, hands and feet. Massive fatigue and upper body soreness, includong chest pains during recent 2 weeks. At this stage all other conditions have been excluded with MRIs and blood tests, all super good in fact. Do many CFs patients present like this? Do many late middle aged men present with CFS? Any commented would be appreciated.

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  • jackie00198
    jackie00198 charlie19

    Posted

    Could be, although 10 weeks is a very short amount of time to get a diagnosis of ME/CFS. Whatever you have, your symptoms could resolve. If you do have ME/CFS, the best chance you have of getting better is to get plenty of rest. Huge quantities of rest. The red flag for this illness is getting fatigued after exertion, way beyond what would be considered normal. Go to the "solve me/cfs initiative" website to see if the symptoms listed there sound familiar. 

    • charlie19
      charlie19 jackie00198

      Posted

      Thanks Jackie. I realise 10 weeks is not long, especialy as fatigue has only been a feature of the past six of those. However the red flag symptom you mention has really kicked in during the past week. 
  • Beverley_01
    Beverley_01 charlie19

    Posted

    Hi Charlie,

    Did you have a trigger to your symptoms? Such as illness or something like that ?

    Beverley

    • charlie19
      charlie19 Beverley_01

      Posted

      Not really Beverly. I had a chest infection about six weeks prior to my first symptom tinnitus and vertigo. My immune system has generally been very good for number of years now. My stress levels have been through the roof though during the past few weeks when they mentioned MS, then MN. Fatigue has built up hugely in this time. Other symptoms still persist, plenty of upper body pain and soreness too.
    • Beverley_01
      Beverley_01 charlie19

      Posted

      Hi Charlie,

      I know it's not easy but try not to worry too much. Have you been checked for vitamin D deficiency ? That causes similar symptoms.

      Alot of people seem to get post viral fatigue/syndrome that leads on to cfs/me and it may be from the chest infection also, i had laberynthtitis (an ear infection) which caused vertigo like affect that was very unnerving. This was a long time before the cfs/me but, i didn't have any huge symptoms to speak of until one day i sat up in bed and felt i was falling over, i requested a home visit from my gp it was that bad. It stayed for quite a while and i occasionally get recurrent symptoms of it. I have the tinnitus too.

      As Jackie says, and cannot be emphasized enough, rest is a real key here. Do things in small amounts and remain hopeful. It is early days and if it is post viral, many people recover in a few months I've heard.

      Beverley

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