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Is there a difference between crashes and relapses?
Thanks. That is helpful. I guess I'm having a horrible crash
DO you take that in divided doses, and with food
HI. I'm still trying to get my head around anything and I'm getting confused.
Thank you both, Jim and Shoshana. I've been struggling through what feels like the worst crash ever since Saturday but I've been able to rest more today.
I've been struggling through what feels like the worst crash ever since Saturday but I've been able to rest more today.
In my experience, yes--a big difference. I had a relapse after a few years of a remission. So that means that a relapse is a return to a previous illness level. For me, a crash is short-termed and happens after over-exertion.Is there a difference between crashes and relapses?
@BadBadBear has nearly explained my experience, too. The flare up is like a warning sign to bring the power-resting, extra garlic, high-vitamin, oregano-oil, pre-made casseroles from the freezer for the next few meals into action, postponing nearly any activity other than self-care to avoid a crash.To me, a crash is flat out running out of energy. No more, kaput, I'm dead, I crashed, I bonked. Could last an hour, a day, a week...
A flare, to me, is a flare up of my viral symptoms. Getting a sore throat, muscle aches, fever, etc.
A relapse, to me, can start with a flare or a crash but is a decline in functionality that is longer lasting, weeks, months, years.
In the last few days here, I've been newly introduced to @Sundancer's compelling preference of PENE over PEM ( in case you missed that thread, Sundancers wrote, 'PENE is another way to say PEM, means Post Exertional Neuro-immune Exhaustion. I prefer the term over PEM (Post Exertional Malaise) because it grasps better what happens to the body.'), and now such core experiences/symptoms as crashes are spoken of by ius all with different meanings.
To me, a crash is flat out running out of energy. No more, kaput, I'm dead, I crashed, I bonked. Could last an hour, a day, a week...
A flare, to me, is a flare up of my viral symptoms. Getting a sore throat, muscle aches, fever, etc.
A relapse, to me, can start with a flare or a crash but is a decline in functionality that is longer lasting, weeks, months, years.