06-24-2008, 09:41 PM
As justmeinthisworld has said educate yourself. Sadly a lot of doctors don't know much about CFS & Fibro, so its important that you know as much as possible about CFS & Fibro.
Unfortunately there is no treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but eating a healthy balance diet, with plenty of fruit and vegetables, avoid or limit drinking alcohol and coffee, but do keep your fluids up, dehydration can make your feel worse, especially the pain, pace yourself, do only what you have to do, pushing yourself to do more will often result in pay back and your twice as exhausted and in pain for the next few days.
Graded exercise, walking, swimming and Tai chi are all good, but don't exercise on the days your really fatigued and in pain, because of the pay back affect.
Sometimes joining a support group can help, as you can talk others who have similar issues, and you can share strategies on what has or has not helped you.
When I was first diagnosed with CFS & Fibro I slept a lot for about 6 months, but each day I would set myself a small goal, initially it was to make the bed and do the dishes etc and build on it when I could, my hubby did the heavier house hold duties, vacuuming, mopping, hanging washing etc. I have been lucky that my doctor has been very supportive, I think it helped she has CFS herself, and she makes sure the specialist I see are top notch, and they know their stuff.
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