Adequate rest, good vegan food home grown, morning exercises. Those help me and give me more energy.

Aerobics like walking tear me down, but strength training helps me and gives me more energy. I know that sounds wrong, but it's true and recent research confirms it. Of course you have to be very careful not to overdo the exercise and work into it very slowly...or it will knock you off your feet with a crash.

I think different things work for different people. For me, eating some meat and cutting out toxins like caffeine, supplements, alcohol, painkillers has improved my energy. As has listening to my body and building up gradually rather than trying every quick fix cure out there.My doctor said not to expect overnight change but a slow gradual improvement is realistic. I think pacing works for some people too and reducing stress through meditation In terms of pacing, if you are doing too much, cutting back on activity until what you do each day is sustainable and builds energy and then working from there. It is very frustrating and takes a lot of patience but is worth it in the long term. Sounds like you are feeling a bit desperate. Lots of good advice and kind people on this forum.

I need some red meat...maybe once per week. Protein helps, usually chicken fish or tofu.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

I haven't started strength training...but I hear good things...

I take small amounts of Ritalin maybe 3 days each week. This is controversial...however, Dr Montoyo from Stanford did a study and concluded this treatment appropriate for *some*.

Very best to you.

Tons of protein (at least 110 gms a day), very little processed food. B complex gummies three times a day, eating every 3 hrs.
Deep breathing to oxygenate your blood.
Stretching, just even in bed, reaching for the sky, your toes, twisting around a bit.
Anything that gets the blood moving a bit.

Thanks everyone! I think I may have a plan in place. I am a mom and my son with delays, who is not in school yet, has therapy appts. 2x's a week and my daughter, with ADHD, is in school, but has counseling once a week. I also have to grocery shopping and whatnot added on but next week, everything will slow down. I just feel so bad for my son when I have bad days, which is a lot. So I was feeling really desperate. But I'm feeling better now that I am putting myself on track. All such wonderful advice! Thank you!

I hear you about raising kids while being ill :/

I became truly I'll when my son was five or six...he's eleven now, and I guess he understands flares and limitations...now, but it's still tough and frankly I feel guilty or sad often.... But I'm coming to some acceptance, and so is my family.

Hang in there...rest when you can x

The only things that have helped me are sleeping as much as possible(not fighting it and trying to stay awake)....,avoiding sugar and carbs in my diet......,and being very selective about which meds to take that are offered by my drs because alot of them have fatigue as side effects.
Ive been a single mom ,raising my kids alone for a long time now and i can relate to what you say.It does make me feel bad whenI cant be there and do the other things that most moms do.I still struggle with acceptance of this and not hating myself some days.hugs xx

Rest and pacing.

Other the things already mentioned, I found D-Ribose and Iodoral have given me a boost in the past. Currently, I'm taking Alpha Lipoic Acid 200 mg, N Acetylcysteine 600mg and L-Carnitine 500mg. Taking these 3 together is supposed to be a mitochondrial booster. It's been almost 4 weeks and I have noticed an increase in energy. I also started taking tumeric at the same time, not sure if that is helping as well. Hope this helps!