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>unremitting fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and a variety of cognitive and autonomic dysfunctions So chronic fatigue syndrome?

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all2 3y ago
Adrenal exhaustion, too. I've been struggling with fatigue since earlier this year after I got (what I presume to be) another bout of Rona. It is debilitating fatigue, where I can get 14 hours of sleep and I'm still exhausted, focus and brain power are elusive faint memories. It sucks. I've found two things that beat back the fatigue into something manageable; nicotine gum (2mg, once a day), and as many carbohydrates from fresh ripe fruit as I can stuff into my face. I'm concerned that a good supply of fruit will be lacking as winter sets in. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about that.
- anon84873628 3y ago
  It's not cheap but you can buy fruit from growers online. Oranges, persimmons, cherimoyas, guavas, kiwis, pomegranates, and some grapes will be harvested in California. South Florida also has year round produce, and you can buy imports from the Caribbean and South America. Join the "fruit 4 sale" Facebook group or search for farms online.
- honkycat 3y ago
  Some fruit freezes really well and is very snack-able.
School-Cotton 3y ago
It seems plausible to me that CFS and long covid are the same thing, or at least very closely related.
- thenerdhead 3y ago
  While various post-acute infection syndromes may be lumped in the same category, they have differing pathologies & thus symptoms. While there is a ME/CFS long covid subtype, there are many others as well. In other words, not everyone who has long covid suffers from fatigue. It could be likely that the ME/CFS long covid subtype may share a common pathology with the varying CFS hypothesized pathogens(influenza, etc).
- xhonk 3y ago
  This is probably one of those areas where one symptom cluster (CFS) can be caused by several different things (COVID, autoimmunity, EBV, etc). So original causes may be different but they all converge on the same major symptoms.
olliej 3y ago
I mean sure but that’s like saying “this condition has tumours” and saying “so cancer” like that is a useful diagnosis. Hell your response is like someone describing the symptoms of chemo or numerous other heavy treatments and saying “oh so CFS”.

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all2 3y ago

Adrenal exhaustion, too. I've been struggling with fatigue since earlier this year after I got (what I presume to be) another bout of Rona. It is debilitating fatigue, where I can get 14 hours of sleep and I'm still exhausted, focus and brain power are elusive faint memories. It sucks. I've found two things that beat back the fatigue into something manageable; nicotine gum (2mg, once a day), and as many carbohydrates from fresh ripe fruit as I can stuff into my face. I'm concerned that a good supply of fruit will be lacking as winter sets in. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about that.

anon84873628 3y ago
It's not cheap but you can buy fruit from growers online. Oranges, persimmons, cherimoyas, guavas, kiwis, pomegranates, and some grapes will be harvested in California. South Florida also has year round produce, and you can buy imports from the Caribbean and South America. Join the "fruit 4 sale" Facebook group or search for farms online.
honkycat 3y ago
Some fruit freezes really well and is very snack-able.

School-Cotton 3y ago

It seems plausible to me that CFS and long covid are the same thing, or at least very closely related.

thenerdhead 3y ago
While various post-acute infection syndromes may be lumped in the same category, they have differing pathologies & thus symptoms. While there is a ME/CFS long covid subtype, there are many others as well. In other words, not everyone who has long covid suffers from fatigue. It could be likely that the ME/CFS long covid subtype may share a common pathology with the varying CFS hypothesized pathogens(influenza, etc).
xhonk 3y ago
This is probably one of those areas where one symptom cluster (CFS) can be caused by several different things (COVID, autoimmunity, EBV, etc). So original causes may be different but they all converge on the same major symptoms.

olliej 3y ago

I mean sure but that’s like saying “this condition has tumours” and saying “so cancer” like that is a useful diagnosis. Hell your response is like someone describing the symptoms of chemo or numerous other heavy treatments and saying “oh so CFS”.