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Before I get hate, let me explain my journey.
I have CFS as a diagnosis of exclusion. Though, I certainly have not had all of the sensitive tests a lot of folks have had here, just basics.
I certainly get PEM, brain fog, (burning head, sinus congestion, anhedonia, psychosis)
HOWEVER, it's like a threshold. I got Covid, was bed-bound for 3 weeks. Now my PEM threshold is close to zero, a 10 minute walk- PEM.
Prior to Covid? My PEM wasn't triggered unless I was squatting heavy weight, but I could go for intense runs and weight lift.
It seems to go like this for me: I exercise, get PEM, I feel consistently worse every day, until I exercise again, and then I feel normal again for a few days.
If I don't exercise at all, I get worse quick.
It seems to work in a threshold that I must keep or I lose it fast.
Heavy leg-related exercises induce PEM, however, but martial arts for 2 hours leaves me feeling normal and euphoric, with little-to no crash-
So I sense it's related to energy systems, the same one that is responsible for the body deconditioning- just accelerated?
Is anyone else like this? I have to keep up activity or else I get worse, even with PEM, I can't get RID of PEM unless I do some sort of cardio-based exercise.
I have CFS as a diagnosis of exclusion. Though, I certainly have not had all of the sensitive tests a lot of folks have had here, just basics.
I certainly get PEM, brain fog, (burning head, sinus congestion, anhedonia, psychosis)
HOWEVER, it's like a threshold. I got Covid, was bed-bound for 3 weeks. Now my PEM threshold is close to zero, a 10 minute walk- PEM.
Prior to Covid? My PEM wasn't triggered unless I was squatting heavy weight, but I could go for intense runs and weight lift.
It seems to go like this for me: I exercise, get PEM, I feel consistently worse every day, until I exercise again, and then I feel normal again for a few days.
If I don't exercise at all, I get worse quick.
It seems to work in a threshold that I must keep or I lose it fast.
Heavy leg-related exercises induce PEM, however, but martial arts for 2 hours leaves me feeling normal and euphoric, with little-to no crash-
So I sense it's related to energy systems, the same one that is responsible for the body deconditioning- just accelerated?
Is anyone else like this? I have to keep up activity or else I get worse, even with PEM, I can't get RID of PEM unless I do some sort of cardio-based exercise.