I was piecing together my story with a Neurologist the other day and a few things occurred to me...
In the 2 years leading up to my big M.E crash (the one that left me unable to work), I had a number of strange episodes but was able to recover from them. In fact, I was working full time, lifting weights 4-5 times a week and going on nights out etc after these episodes...they all started after a stomach bug followed by a Staph infection w/ reactive cellulitis.
These are a few examples of the strange episodes i'm talking about:
My question is...did anyone else experience weird episodes like these and recover before getting properly ill?
Thanks, Adam
In the 2 years leading up to my big M.E crash (the one that left me unable to work), I had a number of strange episodes but was able to recover from them. In fact, I was working full time, lifting weights 4-5 times a week and going on nights out etc after these episodes...they all started after a stomach bug followed by a Staph infection w/ reactive cellulitis.
These are a few examples of the strange episodes i'm talking about:
- I'd be walking through town and all of a sudden (literally within 30 seconds) it felt like all energy had been drained from every cell in my body, i'd go short of breath and lose all concentration. I sat down ate some food and made a full recovery after 30 mins. Woke up fine and could work the next day.
- I'd be at work in the office and had to have a late lunch, all of a sudden i'd rapidly lose concentration and feel like I was in a dream. I knew it was related to energy, once I got some food I recovered. To combat this crash thereafter, I made sure I ate a snack at 11am every day.
- At the gym, after a heavy weight lifting session I became unusually shaky, very short of breath and 'spaced out' - Took about 30-40 mins to recover, woke up next day fine and able to work.
- On a skiing lesson all of a sudden I get that feeling that someone has sucked 90% of my energy from my body in the space of 2-3 minutes. I can no longer ski and have to get a chair lift back down the mountain. I recover and am able to go on a night out. I can also ski for the next 5 days.
My question is...did anyone else experience weird episodes like these and recover before getting properly ill?
Thanks, Adam