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    Is this cfs or something else??

    Hi @Effi - my cortisol was really high in November and had come down slightly in April. I know CFS is associated with low cortisol, so that puzzles me. I'm just so exhausted. My muscles ache, my body is clicking everywhere - which has never happened before -I presume this is a flare up of...
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    Is this cfs or something else??

    So guys, I'm at a loose end and could do with some advice on a long-standing condition I just can't get to the bottom of. In 2008, after a night out, I woke up with what I thought was an almighty hangover. It wasn't. But whatever it was laid me low for a couple of weeks, with abdominal pain...