Plz somebody answer

Hello there mate, sorry not been able to post reply before, have been having a rough time of it lately.

1. My c.f.s is relatively mild but has been quite rapidly deteriorating and am struggling to keep going - being self employed and the only wage earner it is a worry.

2. light tasks like cooking take their toll over a couple of days whereas if i try heavier work like gardening, i collapse there and then and it takes quite a time to recover enough to move.

3. My muscle and joint pain is unbearable at times and i live day to day on pain killers and muscle relaxants - i also do massage o myself which helps a great deal (being a massage therapist i can do my own - would recommend others to seek professional therapy as  often as possible)

Sorry have forgotten one but brain fog kicking in

Take good care mate

Tree

I have  had these symptoms getting increasingly worse for seven years.

The doctors are at a loss for treatment - am just given pain meds. Compared to people who are bed or wheelchair bound i am mild and am currently able to maintain work, albeit in a increasingly limited capacity (if nothing else) it is progressively deteriorating so where it'll end up i dont know.

I can best describe it like any time i do anything my energy goes within seconds, even slight exersion my joints and muscles ache and burn like ive been really working hard and long.  

I find that i need a walking stick to walk more often as time goes on. Which for somebody my age is thoroughly embarassing.

I hope you have had some answers which you find useful and if you need to ask more - you know where to find me.

Take good care Tree

Tree Many thanks for your answer...could you tell me how was it when it first began and how the onset was like? do you have sleep problems? do you have any visible symptoms?when you talk about slight exertion what do you mean? Have you diagnosed yourself as a CFS patient or doctors diagnosed you..? do you have anxiety disorder?

Jeannie,

Our objective is to look/find for a tretment for people who are living with CFS. If MP can cure it (as they argue!!) then what's wrong in trying that!!! a single case of a child suffering from kidney problem does not prove that MP is not safe (again doctors who were treating the child did not do a clinically proven diagnosis that MP was solely responsible for the problem). There are thousand stories to prove that people have been feeling a lot better after being on MP.

His project was denied by FDA not because his theory was a complete nonsense but because of the budget he demanded....again there are proofs (for ex: Peptic Ulcer) which proves that initially many are rejected which later on become the standard tretment....

Finally I would say that all these are my personal opinions and this is a choice for the patients and their GP's. I hope this helps.