Do I have CFS?

Hi there,

Yes it is a possibility you could have CFS/me. Have you also been checked for other causes through blood testing ? Such as vitamin D or iron deficiency which can cause similar issues. The medical profession like to out rule everything else first.

CFS/me can affect people at all ages and backgrounds. There are also three levels: mild ,moderate and severe. It is possible you're closer to the milder end as you are managing to work still or that you're more moderate but struggling on?

I think your description of brain being on auto pilot and body going through the motions fits the condition well! If it is CFS/me, people do recover but, rest is the key and not pushing too hard. I know of people who work with this condition and spend all their time after work resting. I also know of people who had the condition 10 years and have recovered.

Hope that helps

Beverley

 Hello I had M.E which is not actually CFS as I am told, and which also involves extreme fatigue and notably weakness, you cant stand up much if atall, you could not add up to save your life, you feel as if your brain has ceased to operate, you get pains in your legs particularly as if in the bones unlike usual pains and not joints, you find you often have to go to bed being too weak and tired to do anything else. You cant lock the loo or bathroom door for fear of blacking out which can happen unpredicatably and you really need someone around all the time to keep an eye on you and to do things for you you cant do. Now this was quite severe M.E and it for that time reuned my life, I was helpless. amazingly i went into remission about 13 years ago and though I never have the strength to carry on as I did before it like I cant walk more than say  a couple of miles without having to go to bed to recover.

 What you have could be anxiety based so you need I think to try an anxiety medication to see if you get relief, the docs usually try you one various meds like anti d's to see if they improve or cure it so its a process of elimination.

I think one of the telling symptoms is the lack of cognitive ability, its more or less wiped out.

CFS invloves more sheer tiredness and less other symptoms I think.

 M. E. they say seems to often start with a virus and the clue is it doesnt go away yoou dont get better so if you got it from that you wont have improved much if atall after the  illness. your immune system is greatly effected.

As I said by process of elimination by using anti anxiety and anti depressants should make it clearer as to whether you have CFS. The meds might help a little bit but dont actually make you functional.