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    Anyone have brain fog as their ONLY symptom?

    Hi, there. My symptom is exactly like yours. (which is also the only one) I am free of any physical and psychiatric symptoms. I have never considered myself as an CFS patient, but the coping strategy is somewhat similar so that's why I come to this forum regularly. How serious is your symptom...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    I'm currently suspecting AGHD(Adult-onset Growth Hormone Deficiency)as a culprit of my disease. It is because the symptoms are so similar. Fatigue is the main symptom and it's rather mental than physical. Here's Questionnaire for assessing AGHD symptom severity ...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    Recently I've been to one of the CFS specialist in my country. From a test result, he recommended 5-htp supplement 200-400mg/day since I have low serotonin metabolite in my urine. I had tried 5-htp once, but not long. I will tried it again for long enough. And he also done a EEG...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    We are not the same at the 'bloating' issue. I don't have bloating just like before the illness. So you might want to look in the gut imbalance issue like others suggest. For me, I am not sure right now whether I have gut issue or not. I felt better when I followed 'candida diet', so you may...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    Liver cleanses, not yet. I will try it. Thank you for the suggestion. I've also been to sleep clinic several times, and It is clear that I have no problem with sleep disorders like apneas. I had some unusual stress before I got ill, but that is incomparable to the stress that I had after the...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    I also looked into candida/gut issues. but I am not sure enough to be convinced that I have candida. Because no medical test results shows that I have infection and I don't feel i have a problem on my gut. I followed candida diet once and felt better, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I...
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    I don't know the detail of production, but it's very popular drink in Korea, which are sold several billion bottles a year (here's a link to wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soju) Consequently tons of binge drinkers are there, but having permanent symptom from it, like me, is very rare.
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    Exercise does not affect the symptom, just gives me more physical type of energy. // I think my eating habit is relatively healthy (either before and after the onset)
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    Yes, tried it for a few days. it was just like coffee to me. ritalin was better.
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    nope. it was beer and korean vodka. there was nothing unusual with the products. i just drank it too much.
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    Cognitive Fatigue only... while Physically Healthy. Anyone like me?

    **English is my second language, and the fatigue making it worse :( Hi, I am a male, 26 years old, been suffering from abnormal fatigue since I was 21. It started after a single binge drinking episode, I believe. My symptom is persistent and disabling mental fatigue, but ironically I am...