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About a year and a half ago I started experience a number of syptoms. I would feel dizzy,numbness within entire body and extreme fatigue. Almost a year prior I started experiencing severe headaches. I did see a neurologist for my headaches and they classified them under tension/migrane and prescribe me medication to take on a daily basis. When other syptoms appeared I went to my doctor who thought I might possibly have a heart condition. That test came out negitive. From then on I had to suggest other options for test. My doctor seem to think it was anxiety. They gave me a upper gi and that was negitive.They did MRI and that was good. Then I suggested a glutose tolerence because I was dignosed with hypoglacimia when I was in grade school. That test came out positive. Then I suggested test for epstein-barr virus. That came out positive in several catogories and show it was reactive and chronic. My doctor basically left it at that and suggested I follow a hypoglacimia diet. He never stated that I possibly have chronic fatigue. I feel that all of my syptoms are related and that I have chronic fatigue. Would you suggest the same thing? I have actually been following the Atkins of and on and have been feeling better,however every now and then I still do feel slight symtoms.
In Reply to: chronic fatigue? posted by Ashleigh on April 16, 2001 at 12:37:01:
Sounds like your headed down the same road as most of us have gone. I personally had all these same symptoms which were all caused by Candida Albican/Leaky Gut - is your tongue have a healthy redish/pink look to it or does it have a white or greenish/yellow look to it?
In Reply to: chronic fatigue? posted by Ashleigh on April 16, 2001 at 12:37:01:
Ashleigh,
You are so on the right track (and good work there getting your doctor to pay attention to your intuition). I'm posting a link to DietNet, a 'site belonging to one of the participants on this board. I know its necessary for your to work within the parameters of a diet that is appropriate for your hypoglycemia but in my quest for any and all info when I was checking into my chronic fatigue and Epstein-Barr I found the metabolic type dietary theories made a tremendous difference. Check out the 'site and/or put the word diet in the search box here at Dr. Stoll's 'site - very informative either way. The work of a man named Robert McFerran is contained here and at DietNet (discussions in the archives here, excerpts from the book he is writing at DietNet).
You sound like you are so close to finding a way out of your suboptimal health and I want to make sure you don't buy into the theory that you have a condition of unknown cause that will probably get better - - someday. I want to give you some other topics to consider researching so that you don't develop the wrong mindset of helplessness that many surrender to in similar circumstances.
Numero uno on the list is to go to the homepage on Dr. Stoll's 'site and read the article about stress; it is not what most people think it is but much more.
Chronic fatigue is a term I've used sometimes only to describe what I've gone through to people who want a 20 second explanation about my health problems. This is not, in reality, a diagnosis. The fatigue is part of the complex and is one of the many factors present in chronic conditions that are inadequately diagnosed and usually extremely poorly treated. Chronic EBV is also a result of the same thing. I have found a lot of BS on the internet about CFS and EBV.
The body's resistance to illness must be lowered for either of these things to happen. If tested, your doctor may discover other things also, HHSV-6, for example.
I cannot diagnose you or tell you what diet is right for you, but I can tell you I speak from my own experiences and hours and hours of research. What I found first is that stress was the biggest factor. This lead me to read about multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Something(s) in my life had happened that lowered my resistance. For the stress part, read about SR (skilled relaxation) - oh, and then don't forget to start doing it!
It has been a blessing to correspond with others about supplements that can be helpful. After several months of high dose Ester-C, among the other things I did, the viral components of my unwellness improved drastically. I suggest magnesium also (don't get oxide - read the posts the last couple of days).
I read about exercise rebounding and how rebounding can be used not just for exercise but to help move toxins through the system. For detoxification just a few minutes at a time several times a day is not impossible even with such fatigue - and it works. This type of thing may likely result in a temporary worsening of symptoms because you may experience a healing crisis; you're getting better but you feel worse for a little bit.
It is worth your while to consider what S.H.A.P.E. has written to you. If you have systemic candida I suggest as you educate yourself that you look in the archives here for the experiences of someone named Trish who chronicled her war on it.
Sugar. I could fill a room with what I've learned about sugar. The heading for one thread of posts here was "Sugar...Suicide with a Spoon". Be sure you learn about processed foods too and how to avoid them.
Do you still take the daily med the neuro prescribed? Does it work? Did you consider that it may have had an effect on the emergence of still more symptoms? Magnesium deficiency is notorious for explaining headaches as I have learned from many journal studies I've read.
Keep looking at the big picture. It is a shame more people don't think for themselves the way you do.
June
In Reply to: chronic fatigue? posted by Ashleigh on April 16, 2001 at 12:37:01:
Hi, Ashleigh.
Listen to June.one for the most complete summary I know (Thanks, June.one!)
THEN, when you have read everything, if you still have questions, write again.
This is as good as it gets until you learn what is on this 'site about this.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: chronic fatigue? long answer, but I've been there posted by June.one on April 16, 2001 at 14:41:48:
Hi there
I am so glad to learn that I am not alone in this battle with cfs and that there is a way out of it. I have been struggling for over 10 years on and off with cfs and have exhausted nearly all possible avenues. I am currently taking arcalion which my doc has prescribed, as well as changing me from Prozac to edronax. Does anyone know anything about these drugs, has anyone out there been taking them, too? I would like to compare symptoms, side effects etc.
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