Although fatigue has traditionally been scorned in medical research. studies show that ME/CFS – the “chronic fatigue syndrome” – is significantly more functionally disabling than multiple sclerosis, heart failure, diabetes, depression, and...
This is part three in a multi-part sleep series on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) dedicated to Darden Burns. To Sleep at Last: A Good-bye to Darden Burns Health Rising’s ME/CFS and FM Sleep Series Sleep Pt. I: Why We Sleep (and What Happens When We...
Please note that Walker does not discuss chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia in his book, and this blog does not specifically pertain to either disease: it is not meant to be a prescription for sleep for either disease. (That will come later in the sleep series.)...
This sleep series is dedicated to the memory of Darden Burns, a person with ME/CFS/FM, who battled severe sleep issues throughout her illness. Darden took her life after an unexpected relapse left her unable to sleep. Read her story: “To Sleep at Last: A...
“It comes down to the simple fact that I do not have enough energy to sustain my recovery. I am not sure that everyone in the CFS is like me, maybe I’m an outlier or just have a unique presentation of the condition. In any case I am at my breaking point. I hope that...
A critical question at this juncture is to answer the question of whether CFS and fibromyalgia are the same or different illnesses. Benjamin Natelson You want subsets? Benjamin Natelson wants to open up a big one. The longtime chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and...
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