hmnr asg
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hi there,
So I know that a CFS patient can crash after certain types of exertion, obvious ones being physical exertion, stress, emotional upheaval, over-stimulation or eating the wrong food. The question i have is about crashing after *mental exertion*, the kind of exertion you would do when reading a textbook or solving math problems.
Recently i have been going through the worst crash since my CFS started and im trying to understand what happened by tracing my steps. It all started when i was doing much better and decided to go back to try to study some textbooks from my university years. I was studying only on the weekends but it was about 6 hours a day of pretty intense mental work. Gradually i got worse and even after i stopped i have been continuously declining to the point that now i am finding it hard to go to the bathroom.
Of course, it could have been something else, but do you guys think this type of mental work could cause such a severe crash? have you ever crashed from studying/reading? I have a hard time believing mental exertion could cause such a massive crash!
Thank you!
H
So I know that a CFS patient can crash after certain types of exertion, obvious ones being physical exertion, stress, emotional upheaval, over-stimulation or eating the wrong food. The question i have is about crashing after *mental exertion*, the kind of exertion you would do when reading a textbook or solving math problems.
Recently i have been going through the worst crash since my CFS started and im trying to understand what happened by tracing my steps. It all started when i was doing much better and decided to go back to try to study some textbooks from my university years. I was studying only on the weekends but it was about 6 hours a day of pretty intense mental work. Gradually i got worse and even after i stopped i have been continuously declining to the point that now i am finding it hard to go to the bathroom.
Of course, it could have been something else, but do you guys think this type of mental work could cause such a severe crash? have you ever crashed from studying/reading? I have a hard time believing mental exertion could cause such a massive crash!
Thank you!
H