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...

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jcpmoore 04/08/2015

Found this article this morning and I found it quite enlightening.

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/study-helps-explain-brain-fog-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-033115#3

triunfadora 04/08/2015

Wonderful article. Thanks for sharing. I'm hoping that with each new advance, there will be more hope for all of us.

RichieD 04/08/2015

I saw that article. With all these studies showing hard evidence that we have serious physical dysfunction in many areas of the body, it's amazing how some doctors and pundits still stick to the ridiculous notion that we're not really sick physically.

They'll eventually have to retreat from that baseless assertion...then they'll probably say they were on our side all along.

2097Maris 04/08/2015

Thanks so much for the article. It really is hopeful, isn't it? Just the fact that serious MD's are SERIOUS about digging into this creepy illness.
You may be too young to recall this, but they used to call MS Hysterical Paralysis! Someday there will be a validating name for CFS/SEID and hopefully, a treatment.... Thanks again.

jcpmoore 04/09/2015

Richie-so right!

Maris- I remember that name for MS! My theory is any illness that is perceived as primarily affecting women when discovered is assumed to be "all in their head." Or was pre-1990 anyway. I am so grateful that they are starting to take it seriously and *publish* these finding so all doctors can know.

triunfadora--right on! I see these findings as a major hope that doctors are starting to care enough to find the truth for us.

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