Medication, Herbs Or Meditation? What Is Anxiety Disorder? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome How I Cope With Social Anxiety What Is It Like to Be Depressed? What Is It Like to Be Agoraphobic? Have Financial Anxiety? Have Kundalini Problems?
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a controversial condition with no precise definition or single known cause. Various things can cause it and the only way known to diagnose it is through a diagnosis of exclusion of all other pathologies known to cause chronic fatigue such diabetes, depression, anemia, leukemia, malnutrition, etc.
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However there are some specific terms or conditions associated with CFS such as encephalomyelitis, post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS), Epstein-Barr virus, adrenal fatigue, etc. The condition must also be present for more than 6 months for it to match most diagnostic criteria. More women than men are said to have this disorder and it has been more commonly diagnosed in young children and especially teenagers. Many other symptoms ranging from mild to life-threatening such as cardiac problems, asthma, muscle fatigue, pain, spacey feelings, digestive problems, depression, immune weakness, and oversensitivity have been reported by those suffering from CFS but are not officially a part of this ailment. Some get better over a period of time and some cases do respond to various treatments. The main symptom of CFS is an unrelenting tiredness not relieved by rest and greatly exaggerated through even the smallest amounts of exertion. One often feels like one is walking through molasses with weights tied to every part of one’s body. Some days are so bad that one may need to stay in bed and sleep all day. Also not only physical body is affected, the mind and emotions are equally thwarted. CFS is an extremely serious and very frustrating condition to deal with as all aspects of one’s life are seriously compromised if not ruined. It may take four times as much effort to accomplish one tenth of what the average person can achieve. I (male) suffered periods of what seemed to be CFS throughout most of my life starting at very early age. I was considered “lazy” and inattentive at school and used to “daydream” during class. I was actually going into deep states of reverie and contemplation even though no one, not even myself, realized it at the time. After a long day at high school I would often feel so exhausted that I would immediately go to sleep the moment I entered my room at 3:00 in the afternoon (school usually started at 8:00 AM and finished around 2:35 PM). I had a tough time finding enough mental energy to get any homework done and needed 14 hours of sleep! My symptoms were quite worrisome and this problem continued in various degrees of severity throughout my life and had very little sympathy, only accusations of being “lazy” which really upset me. If you or someone you care about appears to be suffering from CFS, you are going to have to get a thorough diagnosis to rule out all kinds of possible causes. I was checked and double-checked and it turned out my anxiety-disorder was part and parcel of the CFS. I found out that my CFS would tend to get much worse after very stressful days. Depression also greatly effected it. Therefore even though I had definite symptoms of fatigue, they may not have been the official, bona fide form of CFS. Instead, my chronic fatigue was most likely a “spinoff” of other problems I was presently suffering from such as my anxiety disorder and depression while developing agoraphobia. But none of this knowledge satisfied my main concern as to how to really get rid of this devastating problem, which alone was making my life miserable. I proved to myself it was a part of my depression by noticing that when my moods would swing back toward anxiety, I would seem to have more energy. After all, even though high anxiety is not at all a positive energy, at least it was some form of energy nevertheless forcing me to get things done to distract me from the sheer terror of the highly undesirable thoughts and feelings I would often suffer from. |
I recently learned that chronic fatigue syndrome can also be a symptom of one or several endocrine gland disorders involving mainly the adrenal glands, sometimes the thyroid and even the pituitary and hypothalamus. Recent saliva and blood tests revealed that indeed I have adrenal and thyroid insufficiency which is a result of massive emotional stress starting from very early in life. However the treatment of this “adrenal fatigue” may have helped a little, but it still did not completely remove all the symptoms.
Like I said in so many other articles I have written on health, except for the supplements and super foods, drinking loads of alkalized water between whole, complete meals instead of snacking seemed to help far more than any other thing that I ever tried. I am not surprised because alkalized (negatively ionized) water acts as a buffer to neutralize acidic toxins of metabolism.
Knowing that I suffered severe food sensitivities all my life, my next big breakthrough came when I stopped repeating my meals, supplements, etc. everyday. In other words, I was making the mistake of eating the same “favorite” health foods and same supplements, herbs, etc. over and over again every day without fail, thinking this could not be harmful because it is only natural and healthy food, right? Wrong! In my situation, any food substance, no matter how “healthy” is not healthy if eaten more often than once every two to four days, can cause all the symptoms I was fighting all my life, including the chronic fatigue syndrome!
After rotating all my food, taking all manner of antioxidant superfood supplements, all minerals, vitamins, etc., ever day and fasting on ionized water and dolomite between whole, complete meals that are completely different every day, my health dramatically improved. My body seemed to rejuvenate, and not only became free of that horrible fatigue, but many of my other symptoms, including severe bloating and gas, body pains and stiffness, vertigo, anxiety, depression, and even my agoraphobia to a certain extent were alleviated significantly.
Another amazing thing, on this regimen, I only felt the need to eat no more often than once a day, saving me much time preparing meals, helping my teeth and gums, saving money and much digestive energy. This format has now become a fully established life-long habit which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that most people everywhere are eating far too much, and far too often for their own good.
For more information on anxiety, go to my website: Anxiety – Natural Remedies.
