Category: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

When you are diagnosed with a chronic illness, there’s so much stigma that can leave you feeling alone. Jennifer Brea’s Sundance award-winning documentary Unrest is an amazing film in general, but particularly for those with an ME diagnosis.  In this post, you’ll learn what leads to an ME diagnosis, what the symptoms are, and four … Read more

Some scientists are becoming increasingly concerned that people who’ve had COVID 19 may also develop long term problems that resemble Chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms.  Feeling exhausted isn’t unusual after having a viral infection, but usually, it passes. But there is evidence that suggests COVID 19 could trigger chronic fatigue. There are more studies taking place … Read more

Many people are living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). It’s a disorder of extreme fatigue or tiredness. A person with CFS can rest more often for months, but the fatigue never goes away. Living with chronic fatigue interrupts your daily activities. Even the smallest thing can become insurmountable in the most severe cases.  A diagnosis … Read more

What Does A CFS Crash Feel Like? Anyone suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome is familiar with the CFS ‘crash’. It comes about when you push yourself beyond the limits of your current available energy reserve. Another way to describe it is pushing beyond your energy envelope. And pushing yourself too hard can mean exerting yourself … Read more

Will Your Diagnosis Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Make You Feel Better? Probably, because after months and months of dragging your exhausted self from one doctor or specialist appointment to another and undergoing several blood tests FINALLY you have a diagnosis, it’s chronic fatigue syndrome. At last,  the weird collection of symptoms and the crashing fatigue … Read more

Chronic Illness Pacing – What Is It? For anyone with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia or any other chronic illness which leaves you with fatigue as a major symptom, managing your available energy can be both difficult and frustrating. In the early stages of your illness you may not even be aware of the need to … Read more

What Is IV Vitamin Therapy? Intravenous (IV) vitamin drip therapy contain minerals and vitamins delivered directly into your bloodstream in safe therapeutic doses. This delivery system means you get the benefits straight away without the need for your system to digest the nutrients. IV vitamin drip therapy improves the absorption of the vitamins by your … Read more

Are You Really Even Sick? Many people with chronic fatigue syndrome have an extremely severe form of the illness. They are completely bed bound and need round the clock care because their illness is completely debilitating. It is impossible for them to walk and they need a wheelchair for mobility on the rare occasions they … Read more