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capri0mniIt's not something I have any direct experience with, so I won't say much except to pass on some information.
These are snippets of information from ME/Chronic Fatique Syndrome Basics:
A bit of initial Googling also informed me that today was chosen for ME/CFS Awareness Day back in 1993, because it's Florence Nightingale's birthday, and she was stricken by a mysterious disease when she was in her thirties that left her mostly bedridden for the rest of her life.
These are snippets of information from ME/Chronic Fatique Syndrome Basics:
ME/CFS is the acronym for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Myalgic Encephalopathy / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a condition that has never been properly named.
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While all diagnosed ME/CFS patients are “functionally impaired by definition,” according to the Centers for Disease Control, the CDC studies indicate the illness can be as disabling as multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or end-stage (terminal) renal failure.
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ME/CFS is a real physiological condition that causes a substantial amount of suffering and is not a form of psychiatric illness or depression.
A bit of initial Googling also informed me that today was chosen for ME/CFS Awareness Day back in 1993, because it's Florence Nightingale's birthday, and she was stricken by a mysterious disease when she was in her thirties that left her mostly bedridden for the rest of her life.
