Question ?

Could any one tell me the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and how you were diagnosed please. Thank you Misty.

For me the one symptom was the post exercise fatigue. That seemed to differentiate what I was dealing with compared to other conditions. Pre CFS I was a work out junkie, and did endurance competitions. I knew what it was like to push myself, and how to recover. In CFS you can't recover nearly the same after much less exercise than I was used to. I know that something was off in me after my onset because of the recovery time I had to endure with basic efforts. Plus getting a good nights sleep didn't matter, it was like my body can't get recharged like it used to when having had 8 hours of sleep. Those where the 2 things that led to my diagnosis.

Hi Misty 12

It could be fibromyalgia? That causes pain and tiredness...I have possibly both. If you check out the fibro forum they can help - its a really active board - have you already checked it out?

alternatively it could also be anxiety with CFS?

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Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in March and now looking for friends to help me in my fibro journey :o)

they are so similar its hard to tell and i still struggle...I am in UK and got diagnosed through GP but you are supposed to see a board certified rheumatologist to diagnose fibromyalgia...also everything else should be ruled out also

I think general rule of thumb seems to be - fibro is more about the pain and then fatigue and CFS is more about fatigue and then the pain??? Also with fibro, you need to have had pain in all four quadrants of body, it can travel around, but fibro can cause a myriad of other symptoms also...it is also possible to have both

CFS is more about post exterional malaise, so a worsening of symptoms like sore throat / aches / nausea / shaking / feeling like you are coming down with flu after exertion...for some this can be minimal exertion

Fibromyalgia - can gradually get better with exercise and people find it best when they move around, whereas CFS seems to be better after resting...

These are just some of the things I have learned along the way :O)

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Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in March and now looking for friends to help me in my fibro journey :o)