Hi everyone. I'm an 18 year old female from Canada. I've been suffering from almost every symptom of CFS for 10 months now. I have a chronic sore throat, swollen nodes in the neck and armpits, digestive problems (chronic bloating after eating etc.), severe fatigue that has been constant for all ten months except last summer (i didnt work or anything, i pretty much relaxed all summer) and for 2-3 wks in the last month, and weakness/exhaustion after exercising, going to school for 3 hrs, or working. there's more, but it could take forever. I've been to throat specialists (all was fine), heart specialists (for skipped heartbeats.. also all fine), bowel specialists (all fine again) and dozens of times to see my own doctor in the last 10 months. Everything is coming up fine, i'm healthy as a peach, but i feel horrible. it's really interfering with my life. my parents dont have a "medical diagnosis" of anything so they're always on my ass about working more and doing better in school and whenever i'm tired they say "i'm tired too" or "not used to getting up early, huh?". it drives me nuts because i'm not tired... i'm EXHAUSTED beyond belief.
the problem is, my doctor says CFS only happens to adults later in life and that to get CFS one has to have had a injury prior to it. i've read a lot about many medical conditions lately and CFS is the only thing that includes every one of my symptoms, not excluding a single thing, and i know that CFS isn't only onset by injury. thats just one theory...
does it sound like CFS? i just need an answer as to what on earth this is!! any advice would be amazing. thx!