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Flu-like symptoms after exercise?

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I finally beat a week-long stretch of fatigue and felt so good I went to the gym for the first time in 2 - 3 weeks.

That was Sunday.

Today I feel like I have the flu, which happens to me A LOT when I work out moderately (at least 4 times in the last year). My muscles are a tad sore, but that is the least of my problems. My lymphs are swollen all over (including under my arms), I'm achey, and I think I'm running a low fever. Oh, and I'm completely fatigued, which is a real bummer because I thought I was passed it.

Does this happen to anyone else here?
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Me me me!!! I get to feeling like that when I overdo anything. If I walk too much, clean my house too vigorusly, or anything else that requires energy I feel like that!
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I feel like that everyday of my life as soon as it hits 3:00pm...EVERYDAY!!! My quesiotn is will it ever get better???
Probably not that's fibro!
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good hard excersise is GREAT for the body....NOT so good for this dIS-EASE

I have always been..{let me rephraze that "HAD"} always been very active...very hyper...Now if i do very much {actually very little} I end up with my happy ass on the couch by 4-5pm....body/joint aches...a low fever of around 100.5...chills...just like I am getting the flu...muscles all fatigued...is very common in my life now...the lymph nodes will swell in the back of my neck and right below my collar bone...Dr.s have checked me and are totally baffled by this.
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I agree, over-worked or under-worked, when you tired that is how you feel....just like the flu. I have taken my temperature and it was normal, but that is interesting that you have a low grade fever. My body feels so much inflammation, you would think I always have a fever.
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Yep, I know. But at least on days when you can move & get things done, you can have a feeling of accomplishment. It's the days were I wake up feeling like a football team used me as a practice dummy that that I dread!!!
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Yep, I know. But at least on days when you can move & get things done, you can have a feeling of accomplishment. It's the days were I wake up feeling like a football team used me as a practice dummy that that I dread!!!
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You might want to talk to your doctor about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Many people with CFS also have fibro, but depending on the type of doctor you go to you are more or less likely to have one diagnosed as opposed to the other. People who have only fibro tend to find that light to moderate exercise is helpful (though getting yourself to actually do the exercise is something different). People with CFS tend to have exercise intolerance. They feel more tired and more sick overall after they exercise. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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