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    Weak/fatigued upper arms and legs?

    To preface my short journey so far with CFS, I believe it was catalyzed by a traumatic event last year in June, at age 16. I began to have pretty bad fatigue afterwards, PEM, dizziness, occasional brain fog, but thankfully not many other symptoms, which was why I had a hard time believing it was...