Hey
@arewenearlythereyet I live in Canada and CFS/ME is not even recognized as a real diagnosis. I was never diagnosed by a doctor because they don't believe it's real. So even if I was diagnosed, it would've been merely a condescending way for them to get rid of me
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That said, I do have all the symptoms of CFS. Not ME - that always seemed more serious to me. I am not bedridden. But I am limited in the hours I work each week and the socializing i can do.
If I don't have CFS, I wonder what it could be. I haven't been checked for autoimmune markers but I doubt it's that. My blood tests all come back fine. All my hormones including testosterone and cortisol are normal. My vitamin D and B12 are good. My WBCs are okay albeit a little low. Blood pressure is good. No STDs or other active infections.
It's not depression either it's a different kind of fatigue; malaise is more accurate. An icky feeling in the head when you exert yourself. Fatigue from depression is different.
And no my workouts are fairly intense. I was athlete my whole life so I've always exercised in an intense way. I do get PEM though. It's a more general fatigue and heaviness in the head though not necessarily bedridden, although today I am - I slept 13 hours but I think it was the Methylb12 that thing sedated the hell out of me ! Felt like I took a sleeping pill.
I've had chronic tender lymph nodes in the neck under the ear for the last 5 years that sometimes hurt badly after alcohol but not sure if that's normal or not. That reminds me - if I drink a good amount of alcohol in a social/ party setting if takes me 4-5 days to feel at baseline again.