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Zachary Pottle posted in the group Invisible illness
Does anyone know anyone or have any experience with chronic fatigue syndrome? I feel like it just has such a negative connotation from everyone I’ve mentioned it to. People will be like, “I’m always tired too,” or “we all get tired,” which I think is so wrong. Curious to hear what you all think.
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@zachary-pottle @dori-smith Fellow ME sufferer here! The name CFS is such a damaging term. A great site, though no longer updated (unfortunately the woman who ran it passed away from ME quite a few years ago) – is HFME.org. Even though it was written a decade ago, there are so many helpful & educational articles and I could relate to so much of…Read More
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Yes it’s on my far too lengthy list of issues, usually goes hand in hand with Fibromyalgia- mess on paper..gah! It is wrong, those who are not true spoonies likely will never get it. Between the Fibro, EDS, CFS, AG, and a small child I keep the coffee industry booming LOL That, you don’t look sick and.. try yoga grrr I used to keep The Spoon…Read More
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I was diagnosed with Pots disease 2 years ago and I have a feeling I also have CFS. But I don’t know how to go about being diagnosed.
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@brynsmommy38 Do you by any chance have a hypermobility syndrome of sorts? POTS and CFS typically goes along with Marfans, EDS etc.. As far as I know there is no specific testing for CFS, just the totality of other testing, diagnostic criteria, sleep studies etc. I’d simply ask my doctor flat out if it’s a possibility because of.. XYZ…Read More
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@emilyxlc Exactly! What’s next?
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Outstanding approach. Does anybody in the community have experience with neurostimulation? It’d be great to hear anything, as there are versions of this currently used. I use a primitive version on myself for acute pain, like a cut or sting. I bite or pinch the area around the injury, sending a seconary pain signal to the brain from the same area. It seems to confuse the brain and “cancels” out some of the pain. Needless to say, it stops once I stop the biting!
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Outstanding approach. Does anybody in the community have experience with neurostimulation? It’d be great to hear anything, as there are versions of this currently used. I use a primitive version on myself for acute pain, like a cut or sting. I bite or pinch the area around the injury, sending a secondary pain signal to the brain from the same area. It seems to confuse the brain and “cancels” out some of the pain. Needless to say, it stops once I stop the biting!
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I’ve had (been diagnosed with it) since 2009, so I get this a LOT. It’s really frustrating, because people hear “fatigue” and associate it with “tired” when in reality they’re two very different things. Just like you can be “tired” and not want to sleep, you can still be tired and not fatigued.
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