Yesterday I tried smoothies and salads and I did perk up. No grain, no meat, nothing refined, no sugar. Best I've felt in a long time and I didn't have a headache today.

Second thing I would try is writing. I write a lot. I have a blog about food of all things. But I also just blog about life on blogger (where no one reads it but feels good to write.)

Photography. I'm a photo junkie. I don't even have a real camera on hand, but use my cellphone and take lots of photos of my cat and process them with Snapseed (a free Google app).

Taking a walk - depending on the weather that's a good place to clear your head. Especially if you stop and pretend your in Lord of the Rings and taking the Hobbits to Isengarde!

Marathon watch some weird show. I've been known to marathon watch anything Sci-Fi and even Dog the Bounty Hunter and Food Network.

Go to Pinterest and make elaborate plans about craft project you'll never do.

Fall in love or fall back in love. Love is a good thing to spend a thought on.

Go to Tumblr and laugh at all the jokes they post -- so clever these young people.

Clean your room, or come over and clean mine because I so rarely feel like picking up and dusting.

Take up a game like, "BLOONS" -- basically you pop balloons but it gets kinda crazy & fun. It has relatively small amount of brain powered required and one can play it while in a coma. Disco Zoo is good too.

Listen to Techno from the 90's - I suggest Fat Boy Slim. Make your own Pandora Radio Station at Pandora.com

Appreciate something beautiful today. Like acorns. Acorns are beautiful works of art, but now that I live in Oregon - I don't have a single Acorn around here to look at.

The only thing temporary -- it's not hope -- it's feeling like crap. Feeling like crap is temporary. Life if like water, it will find a way through any crevice and with it - hope.

Just give your self some time. And first off, you have to be gentle with yourself and forgive yourself. We've all blown it and gone back sliding down the hill of health into the abyss of CFS. I have found over the many, way too many years, that beating myself up really just adds to the stress on my nervous system, which in turn, extends my illnes. Just give yourself a break. It is SO easy to forget to take it slowly when we are feeling good. We want to make up for lost time, we want to be normal and do what all the healthy people are doing and all the things we used to do. Don't add insult to injury - you already feel crappy enough! Just eat really good food, no sugar, lots of greens and whole foods, berries and fruit. Sleep and deep rest, quiet mind as much as you can. Just let yourself BE. Crawl into bed and put yourself on RETREAT until you emerge from this funk. You were doing really well and you'll get back there. Just be really kind with yourself and listen to your body right now. It needs to check out. I fyou need to see your health practitioner for peace of mind, do that. But sleeping and being in meditative head space as much as possible is really the most important. Treat yourself the way you would treat an injured little kid or animal - very sweetly with much soothing and comforting. I will send you a prayer for patience and healing.
Hugs,
Denise

It sounds like you are in a relapse where you're too tired to do anything?

I've had this for 20 years and when I relapse pretty badly I get depressed also. I take an antidepressant and am not usually depressed. After so many relapses I believe CFS brings it's own depression during a relapse that can't be bettered by meds.

I usually rest, watch tv and just try to get through to the next day. I keep telling myself, "this too shall pass". Rest is how you'll get your energy back.

You may just be detoxing all the emotions from all the crying, which will include various hormones and maybe toxins, etc. I would be gentle with yourself. Drink some water, not to excess, to help wash them through your system and rest. Don't panic, do some relaxation or sleep. I find crying, because it's such a release, can take time to recover from. So go slowly and assume it will pass.