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Heya, I was wondering how I can tell if my fatigue is psychosomatic or physical.
I saw a Reddit discussion yesterday from a Doctors subreddit and it was discussing fybro and CFS and lots of the doctors commenting said it was psychosomatic.
I don’t really know if my issues are psychosomatic or not.
I do kinda feel like they’re physical as I had a physical illness (glandular fever) and then my fatigue got a LOT worse, although it had been building up for a few years before I had glandular fever.
However there seems to be so many people claiming CFS is psychosomatic and I just don’t know really.
I do suffer from mental health issues also and have done for years prior to getting CFS.
However before I was still able to exercise and go walking and listen to music and do lots of things without it triggering fatigue or other symptoms.
I do miss the things that are missing from my life.
Also I read an article yesterday about a woman who psychosomatically went blind after getting some window cleaner in her eyes and recovered after going to a psych ward.
But then on the other hand I have read how dismissing CFS as psychosomatic is routed in sexism (as a lot of sufferers are female) and because the cause isn’t known some doctors don’t believe in it etc
So I am confused really I guess.
I want to get better but I don’t know if I will.
I don’t even know if what I’m facing is real with so many people claiming CFS is psychosomatic.
Any advice or thoughts?
I saw a Reddit discussion yesterday from a Doctors subreddit and it was discussing fybro and CFS and lots of the doctors commenting said it was psychosomatic.
I don’t really know if my issues are psychosomatic or not.
I do kinda feel like they’re physical as I had a physical illness (glandular fever) and then my fatigue got a LOT worse, although it had been building up for a few years before I had glandular fever.
However there seems to be so many people claiming CFS is psychosomatic and I just don’t know really.
I do suffer from mental health issues also and have done for years prior to getting CFS.
However before I was still able to exercise and go walking and listen to music and do lots of things without it triggering fatigue or other symptoms.
I do miss the things that are missing from my life.
Also I read an article yesterday about a woman who psychosomatically went blind after getting some window cleaner in her eyes and recovered after going to a psych ward.
But then on the other hand I have read how dismissing CFS as psychosomatic is routed in sexism (as a lot of sufferers are female) and because the cause isn’t known some doctors don’t believe in it etc
So I am confused really I guess.
I want to get better but I don’t know if I will.
I don’t even know if what I’m facing is real with so many people claiming CFS is psychosomatic.
Any advice or thoughts?