Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) describes a sense of exhaustion and post-exertion malaise, even when you have gotten enough rest and sleep. The disease is characterized by six months of incapacitating fatigue experienced as profound exhaustion and extremely poor stamina, and problems with concentration and short-term memory. The cause is unknown, but it is a...
....to be this exhausted and still alive, let alone still awake?!?!
Seriously in the 7 yrs that I have been sick, I don't think I have ever reached quite this level of exhaustion (& I have spent a lot of time bed ridden by exhaustion and other symptoms).
Sorry I don't usually complain, but I just cannot take this anymore.....way too much is piling up and that plus never feeling well is just taking its toll.
Seriously in the 7 yrs that I have been sick, I don't think I have ever reached quite this level of exhaustion (& I have spent a lot of time bed ridden by exhaustion and other symptoms).
Sorry I don't usually complain, but I just cannot take this anymore.....way too much is piling up and that plus never feeling well is just taking its toll.
I do know that people with CFS who have persisted and appealed the first decision have often won.
That said the whole process is very tedious, to say the least, and if you are sick enough to need it, you are almost too sick to be able to handle applying........I truly needed it when I applied and it was really hard to go thru the process at that time, but if I had to do the whole thing now (I am a lot sicker than I was then ), I doubt that i would be able to handle it.