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Family don't believe how bad im actually feeling.

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Raindrops
Raindrops

Im 21, female, have never been able to work more than about 20 hours a week due to getting tired too easily which therefore leads to my depression and anxiety being a lot worse. 

I have had numerous blood tests over the last year or so to test for anemia etc that could cause my tiredness but nothings come up. The next option for the docs is to see if its CFS.

I am in no way diagnosing myself, but have been feeling worse and worse over the last few months. The last two weeks have been so bad i feel like everythings a struggle as i feel so weak. I also feel like I have the flu on and off, feel sick and dizzy, and no matter how much sleep I get it still does not help.

I cant seem to wake myself up at a decent time in the morning either.

What are your thoughts so far please?

Also it feels like my family do not understand just how tired and ill im feeling, especially on a really bad day like today. 

As im typing this i feel like its a huge struggle as my elbow and hand joints feel fuzzy and weak.

is CFS taken seriously? I feel like people think im being dramatic when I refer to myself possibly having it.

This may not make a whole lot of sense as ive probably missed out details

thankyou for reading 

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    Patrickgeoffrey Raindrops

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    I understand how you feel,most people do not understand,there was a ground breaking research paper published by the university of California August 30 2016 on CFS,they have identified biological markers for CFS,they also lust the triggers for CFS and they also observed that cells go into a protective hibernation state,which explains the fatigue,it is an auto immune reaction to an infection,Dr Davis of Stanford university is going to verify the the research,the OMF has put up 5 million dollars a year for the research,they believe the research will lead to a diagnostic test for CFS
  • Patrickgeoffrey
    Patrickgeoffrey Raindrops

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    I understand how you feel,most people do not understand,there was a ground breaking research paper published by the university of California August 30 2016 on CFS,they have identified biological markers for CFS,they also lust the triggers for CFS and they also observed that cells go into a protective hibernation state,which explains the fatigue,it is an auto immune reaction to an infection,Dr Davis of Stanford university is going to verify the the research,the OMF has put up 5 million dollars a year for the research,they believe the research will lead to a diagnostic test for CFS
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