Hi all, firstly, thank you to whoever runs and supports this wonderful forum!
Ok so here goes...for around 8 months now I have been waking up in the morning and getting around 2 hours of wakeness before I suddenly get hit by the sledgehammer of fatigue, I can only describe it as feeling like ive just returned home from a 12 hour shift doing groundwork/laboring when in fact I have done nothing but wash, and sit down next to my computer to begin work (I work at home)
However, some days I can manage 5 hours (around 50% of the time) before I simply must crash or my brain just becomes a vegetable and useless to me so I cant do any work. I seem to do better in the evenings for some reason...
There may be a number of causes for this that I can see:
1. Staph infection that begun around 12 months ago that *MAY* have gone systemic and caused god only knows what kind of problems to my insides
2. Head injury around 6 months ago involving a motorbike accident
3. Irritable bowel syndrome and taking 12mg Trimipramine (TCA's) to calm bowels. Have now stopped taking the trimipramine as part of an experiment to see if the fatigue diminishes at all - no such luck yet.
Eating has become a big issue for me recently...in the last 6 months I cant eat anything without having to crash or stay awake zombified attempting to get work done (often my choice) - not just an hour of tiredness after eating but it often lasts the whole day after. I will certainly try your suggestion of olive oil, vegetables and fish beginning today and report my findings.
I am currently living in Taiwan with my wife so getting treatment out here can be difficult due to 1. communication barrier and 2. the general lack of understanding of things like CFS/IBS etc so I may have to rely on the internet and forums to help me get through. I will take a look at the International Consensus Criteria (ICC) for M.E http://www.imeassoc.com/ today
So if anyone has any thoughts, I would be most appreciative indeed! thank you
Will post back soon
Ok so here goes...for around 8 months now I have been waking up in the morning and getting around 2 hours of wakeness before I suddenly get hit by the sledgehammer of fatigue, I can only describe it as feeling like ive just returned home from a 12 hour shift doing groundwork/laboring when in fact I have done nothing but wash, and sit down next to my computer to begin work (I work at home)
However, some days I can manage 5 hours (around 50% of the time) before I simply must crash or my brain just becomes a vegetable and useless to me so I cant do any work. I seem to do better in the evenings for some reason...
There may be a number of causes for this that I can see:
1. Staph infection that begun around 12 months ago that *MAY* have gone systemic and caused god only knows what kind of problems to my insides
2. Head injury around 6 months ago involving a motorbike accident
3. Irritable bowel syndrome and taking 12mg Trimipramine (TCA's) to calm bowels. Have now stopped taking the trimipramine as part of an experiment to see if the fatigue diminishes at all - no such luck yet.
Eating has become a big issue for me recently...in the last 6 months I cant eat anything without having to crash or stay awake zombified attempting to get work done (often my choice) - not just an hour of tiredness after eating but it often lasts the whole day after. I will certainly try your suggestion of olive oil, vegetables and fish beginning today and report my findings.
I am currently living in Taiwan with my wife so getting treatment out here can be difficult due to 1. communication barrier and 2. the general lack of understanding of things like CFS/IBS etc so I may have to rely on the internet and forums to help me get through. I will take a look at the International Consensus Criteria (ICC) for M.E http://www.imeassoc.com/ today
So if anyone has any thoughts, I would be most appreciative indeed! thank you
Will post back soon