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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

sprinkleeninow

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4. I tested positive for Epstein-Barr around 1986-87.

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 28, 2023, 10:53 PM

Jul 2023

Answered questions online at the CFIDS Foundation several years later. Had 19 of 22 symptoms. Doc claimed thinking having chronic fatigue was academic. Many doctors would diagnose that "it's all in your head" and then prescribe anti-depressants. I refused, so I suffered. Now I believe it's a validly recognized disorder that disability would pay for. Of course too late for me. All these years.

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'Fatigue Can Shatter A Person"/ The Atlantic [View all] sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 OP

Thank you for posting this important information. niyad Jul 2023 #1

Many of us are living it. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #2

A very dear friend was one of the first officiallly diagnosed with ME/CFS niyad Jul 2023 #3

I tested positive for Epstein-Barr around 1986-87. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #4

I have never felt the same samplegirl Jul 2023 #5

I hear you. Even if I did have a mild case, actually asymptomatic, end of '21, sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #8

Diagnosed with ME/CFS in 1970. Duppers Jul 2023 #6

An apt description. Hellacious. sprinkleeninow Jul 2023 #7