Chronic Fatigue - Please help

iluvsexyfun · 2023-12-27T23:57:03+00:00

I am a retired doctor. You mention that you have seen doctors and had some evaluation. Knowing more about what has been done would be helpful.

CBC - are you anemic?

TSH - is your thyroid functioning well?

CMP - kidneys and liver function. ?

Monospot. - Mono is a butt kicker. Long lasting. Should be tested.

Do you have any special symptoms? Headache, body ache, fever, sore throat, nausea, vomitting, painful joints, rashes.

Raytron_ · 2023-12-28T00:17:49+00:00

Sorry about all these negative comments. I know how it feels. This is probably going to be different than what you have already heard but if you’re at your witts end then this may be worth a shot its worked for me. I bet you are dealing with more than just fatigue. Start looking into nervous system work, mind-body therapy, and TMS. An overly sensitive nervous system causes all sorts of symptoms, brainfog, pain, gi issues, fatigue, etc. Its a deep rabbit hole but I just wanted to introduce to you the idea. If you have any questions lmk.

optimase_prime · 2023-12-27T23:06:32+00:00

If you have a resmed you can download the information off the sd card in the cpap and upload the info to the cpap sub and people will let you know if there has been a significant change regarding the cpaps effects.

Beyond that you need to see a doctor. Another obvious guess would be low T. You need blood work done.

phoenix_nz · 2023-12-28T07:34:59+00:00

You came to the wrong sub for advice on CFS (and that truly sounds like what you have). All the people here are the same sort of people who comment on Physics Girl's update videos about how her Long COVID into CFS issues are all in her head etc.

I think the only real outcome for you is to keep pushing for a CFS or Long COVID diagnosis. Pushing for that will hopefully at least force your dr to test for and rule out everything else. And hey, maybe you get a different diagnosis on the way, which is better than CFS, because man, I really feel for you if you have that. Many people don't ever recover from it. Good on you for getting the apnea diagnosis. I went through that recently and it was life altering. People don't understand what it's like to wake up exhausted and in physical pain. You literally can't "just go to the gym bro." because as you said, just walking downstairs is strenuous, even if you were in decent shape to start with.

NeverLace · 2023-12-27T23:01:33+00:00

Could you provide some stats? Age weight BF%, activity status, diet, supplements, lifestyle, glucose levels etc.

tropicsGold · 2023-12-28T07:07:04+00:00

I had literally the exact same thing, at about your age too. I also was a very active person, excellent diet and health.

I needed 18 hours of sleep per day, just exhausted all the time. The doctors never came up with anything except a guess that it might be a chronic form of mono.

After about 9 months it started getting better, but any attempt to start working out, surfing, etc, resulted in massive exhaustion. And most nights I started getting night sweats, absolutely pouring sweat. I’m talking sleeping on multiple towels and changing soaked tshirts all night long. It was like someone was dumping a bucket of water on me in my sleep.

It really took a solid 1.5 years to approach normal again, except of course now I was in terrible shape, so that took years to improve as well.

Best of luck to you. You aren’t crazy but you are just going to write off a year of your life and then start over. Sorry

Key-Pace7150 · 2023-12-28T18:10:57+00:00

I had chronic fatigue at 18 (29 now). Went from being a good track athlete—4:30 mile senior year—to not being able to walk up a flight of stairs without my heart rate jumping to 180 and nearly passing out. Constant muscle cramps, irregular sleep, etc. my life went to shit, slept 14-16 hours a day, didn’t have a job or go to school, felt like a failure and wished I would die bc I felt so useless and kept being told I was fine. Doctors never fixed anything for me, but a chiropractor who did a full blood panel did help me. I learned I had bacterial overgrowth in my small intestine and took candibactir-AR and BR (alternating between the two) and in two weeks I went from being on deaths door to healthy again. The die off symptoms of the bacteria rebalancing were insane, worst headaches of my life. I had to go on a restrictive diet for years after and found carnivore worked best to prevent my gut from repopulating with bad bacteria and getting those fatigue symptoms again.

I’ll also add, David Goggins talks about going through this too. He fucked his body up from overtraining. He talked about how stretching helped heal him from being bedridden to being healthy again. The mind and body are more interconnected than you think, when your body is stressed it will shut down and clamp up. Try to find a video of him talking about it, it’s related to stretching and overtraining.

All in all my recommendations are, meditate/stretch—you need to get out of a stressed state. Try a 3 day water fast to reset your gut. Stick to Whole Foods ie meat, dairy if you can tolerate it, fruits and veggies—nothing processed. After the fast and a few days of stretching try adding in short walks (10min or so) and gradually build to half an hour. Slowly become a normal person again

bowill0 · 2023-12-27T23:30:14+00:00

Go to the Dr. How the hell would we know?

Certain-Woodpecker63 · 2023-12-27T23:01:14+00:00

Yea I’ve overcame it. I’m guessing you have a bunch of bad habits based off the fact that you’re posting about OW - I was also addicted to that game at one point. Do you smoke weed? Do you masturbate? Drink alc? Game a lot? Provide more info about your lifestyle

Unique-Buy1330 · 2023-12-27T23:31:49+00:00

how often do u jack off, seriously.

sulzyy · 2023-12-28T00:16:54+00:00

I got diagnosed with cfs after getting covid then mono. Took me 2 years to recover around 80-90% through strict diet and time. Can now go to the gym again. However I can’t do intense cardio but weights and light-moderate are alright for me now.

toki08 · 2023-12-28T03:07:21+00:00

Google 10x health. the Blood test is $600. Start there.

APeruvianPuffPepper · 2023-12-28T04:35:58+00:00

I am very close with a friend who has this, has had it since age 14 and they are in their early 30s now.

I’m not going to lie to you, it’s not a graceful affliction and it’s something that only recently came into the spotlight with COVID. I recommend checking out the cfs subreddit for resources. The best advice anyone can give right now just pacing yourself throughout your life.

GenZBroski · 2023-12-28T06:10:59+00:00

Hey I’m just putting this out there for it to be known

You might just be in a manic cycle where you are on the downward spiral till it reverses. It’s mostly a mental thing where you can last months of being extremely productive and vigorous with everything and overly happy but then usually, just like a light switch you become very lethargic and depressive where you just don’t feel like you can do shit.

This shit can just happen and like I said it is a cycle that vary on intensity that spans months. Best you can do is make slight changes to your daily routine to possibly radical shit like doing something new like going to the mountains, but at times it also you just have to mentally persevere and ride it out because it straight up mental fatigue after being so go, go, go from months to a year of doing so

So OP I don’t know your history and what even I listed may not apply to you or possibly you have experience, but if it vaguely sounds like you. I do recommend checking “manic episodes” out because hyper focus people do tend to get these and in my opinion it’s just mental fucking burnout. Anyway much love for you getting you back into your old self

ElOweTea · 2023-12-28T10:01:57+00:00

Are you Covid vaccinated? If so how many boosters?

Ok_Management4634 · 2023-12-28T16:47:18+00:00

I am not a doctor, but maybe you are experiencing depression as well? I know taking meds for depression is controversial for some folks, but if you can't get out of bed, you probably need it. Just something else to check out. Maybe you started off with some kind of illness, and now that you've been bed ridden so long, you feel hopeless (which makes the existing symptoms worse?) In any event, I hope you get better.

scarletcapsule · 2023-12-28T17:12:54+00:00

In the spirit of transparency, do share your blood reports so we can actually help you out. Otherwise, we are all taking a shot in the dark.

The comment by the retired doc is the most on-point here.

167167167abc · 2023-12-28T20:28:43+00:00

I had the same issues but it's not as bad as yours but I've other issues like feeling lightheaded.

I fixed it by having Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 with Zinc.

It came back two days ago and I believe its because I fked up by food.

My theory is this. Covid is sort of like inside everyone's body even now, but they are sort of like dormant state. Remember viruses can be a living or non-living thing. The body reacts to it by making a lot of anti-bodies which deplete a lot of vitamins and minerals like pottasium, magnesium and sodium and this in turn causes problems such as low platlet levels which cause lethagy.

Eat Bananas for magnesium and potassium.

EZemm · 2023-12-28T22:07:46+00:00

So, I may have had CFS since a few years (hard to get a diagnosis), terrible symptoms, cognitive, digestive, etc. A whole list of it. Basically homebound and bedridden at my worse in constant torture. Only thing that helped was following a program to retrain my nervous system (most of the knowledge is free).

Check out CFS recovery on Youtube (guy named Miguel). Can be worth a try. 4 months in and I can drive again, go to restaurants and I even got a girl I'm seeing every week-end. I'm far from symptom-free so it can be hard but that's part of the process. I could barely stand up 4 months ago.

DM me if you want.

rockstarsheep · 2023-12-28T22:45:07+00:00

Get medical advice from the proper people. Good luck.

Cobracxv1 · 2023-12-29T14:04:30+00:00

Well am experiencing the same thing , doctors supposed it was something with nerve system and it happened because of covid , and may be too because of covid vaccine.

StrangePrice7 · 2023-12-27T23:55:12+00:00

Bro I'm 33m same fucjinf situation bed all day. Had a breakup again even after being red pilled as a man when a girl ends it and gets laid at a bar 1 week later while u are in bed picking up the pieces its hard. I Drink a lot. I'm getting testosterone to try and crutch my way out of it even if artificially. Feel free to dm me. After my last breakup 4 yrs ago testosterone brought me out of it

Fire_Stoic14 · 2023-12-27T23:12:06+00:00

Do you drink at least 8 cups of water

Are you hitting your protein limit everyday?

Are you exercising 7 times a week with a mix of weights and cardio?

Are you drinking lots of coffee or sleeping 7-8 hrs a day?

You can’t just have CFS and say yes to all of this. You’re probably lacking something in your health which is why you feel that way

Domingo_salut · 2023-12-28T02:19:46+00:00

You might be reluctant, but I encourage you to pay a visit to a traditional Chinese medecine practitioner. They diagnose disease a different(but proven) way and for sure won't sent you home saying everything is fine... They would most likely prescribe herbs, acupuncture and diet changes. I wish you health.

rva_rdf · 2023-12-28T06:36:04+00:00

"If you've never almost passed out ferociously typing up a reddit post, don't comment."

KonradPOGGERS · 2023-12-28T04:36:04+00:00

Mewing. Learning to nasal breath. Fixing body imbalances and poor posture will expand nasal airways, this allows higher oxygen intake which leads to higher quality sleep and less fatigue.

one_time_animal · 2023-12-28T08:09:09+00:00

Honestly Im pretty fucking bored with this question. See a doctor moron? Basic blood work would reveal most issues I think.

From my own experience for energy

I need the full 8 hrs personally, sleep
Lifting
Eating a high protein diet
Get T levels checked

Otherwise talk to a Dr idiot?

MythicalBob · 2023-12-28T09:18:26+00:00

Andrew Cutler Chelation Protocol. Chelate heavy metals and you will get your energy back. It will take you a couple months to feel better and after a year you will probably feel great. Find the facebook group and read the guides for free or buy (cheap) the chelation manual from andrew cutler. For faster results go on a carnivore diet, don’t cheat. The sugar cravings disappear after 2-3 days. Good luck!

elitentre8 · 2023-12-28T19:45:06+00:00

Brother I had a case of this after a really tough go with mono, lasted like 6-8 months

swimmingatlakecresva · 2023-12-30T10:13:00+00:00

blood check first of all check your vitimins and minirals and also your kindey thyroid and test and oestrogene. Guarantee you it could be related to vitamin D.

icookseagulls · 2024-01-03T14:56:36+00:00

Give kratom a try (white strains are best for energy). I had horrific fatigue issues and this is all that has really helped.

Also, clean house spiritually/emotionally. Negative emotions can drain your energy reserves.

Eastern-Resource-773 · 2024-01-04T17:12:56+00:00

If its not one of the things you mention and your not obese (sleep apnea is weird at your body weight. Is it due to something with your nose?)

My guess would be some type of combined stress type injury. Due to a high amount of stress over a longer period, from training, social, work etc. you got a overtraining type injury. (Not the i work out a lot type of overtraining, but im an athelte overtraining)

You put to much stress into the system compared to what you can recover from, from to many sources and it shut down your ability to put any stress in.

I experienced something like it second year of uni due to adhd meds and a breakup. Lost 10kg and could due school work for more than maybe 1 hour a day.

You need to train your work capacity at a phase where you can recover. Its basically rehab. Do something that challenge you and is measureable. (Sounds like its easy right now) then increase volume over time.

This might mean go to the mail box and back then rest for however long you need etc.

The same goes for all domains. Have a conversation on the phone. Rest

Make sure to not increase things to fast.

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Title	Chronic Fatigue - Please help
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