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...
I'm seeing my CFS specialist again next week because my immune system has been overactive again. I'm thinking either I've gone through a really bad flare over the last month or this is a relapse. No fun. So I have tons of questions going on in my head to try and explain this because I don't exactly understand it.
Has anyone else had this problem? I was diagnosed in January with CFS and with meds my immune system (and other systems too) started calming down by February and April. I've been slowly recovering ground and energy since then, with a big boost since I was found to have low vitamin D and have been taking megadoses for that. I had a massage in July where my immune system flared up again (for a few hours) and I overexherted myself by attending teacher workshops to renew my teaching license and after I took the last one, my immune system seemed starting to flare again with aches, fevers and exhaustion. Are there many reasons for this? Should I ask about detox--do I need this or will it send my body into further spirals? Specific tests to be done? I know my antigens are high for the EBV virus although I don't have it so I know my immune system and the limbic system in my brain is off.
Any help or suggestions you all can offer would be much appreciated!
Has anyone else had this problem? I was diagnosed in January with CFS and with meds my immune system (and other systems too) started calming down by February and April. I've been slowly recovering ground and energy since then, with a big boost since I was found to have low vitamin D and have been taking megadoses for that. I had a massage in July where my immune system flared up again (for a few hours) and I overexherted myself by attending teacher workshops to renew my teaching license and after I took the last one, my immune system seemed starting to flare again with aches, fevers and exhaustion. Are there many reasons for this? Should I ask about detox--do I need this or will it send my body into further spirals? Specific tests to be done? I know my antigens are high for the EBV virus although I don't have it so I know my immune system and the limbic system in my brain is off.
Any help or suggestions you all can offer would be much appreciated!
Detox usually makes a PWC worse before better so it has to be done S-L-O-W-L-Y. I am guilty of pushing detox too fast and have crashed, backed off, and am now trying it GENTLY again.
Follow your doctor's recommendations and learn to listen to your body. "We" tend to have pushed our bodies harder than we should have!
Good luck~!