I spent Saturday morning schlepping my computer around Manchester, after going down to London to a Space gig on Thursday, as I had an appointment at the Arndale Centre to see if it needed fixing. It seems to have caused a relapse as my arms and back have been hurting quite a lot and my energy levels are pretty low. Macs are not exactly light ( Read more... )

Has anyone here had experience with hormonal birth control causing massive flares of CFS ( Read more... )

Until about four days ago, I was doing rather well, relatively speaking. I was better than I'd been in months, I'm on a vitamin and mineral regime plus seeing a herbalist and I think it's gradually helping. Then my parents came to visit. The visit itself was pretty exhausting and stressful as ever, with a nice little lecture on how I'm an awful ( Read more... )

I just wondered how many of you in here whose illnesses have remained pretty much static for a long time ( Read more... )

Are relapses normal with CFS? I've been feeling worse the past couple of months, and been having more days where I can do very little. It's been worrying me because I'm hoping to go back to college in September *touches wood* and if I'm going backwards and it ends up that I can't go ... well, I have a lot of hopes pinned on doing it, which possibly ( Read more... )

I've been feeling so well and then I noticed bang, mind numbing fatigue, brain fog, migraine and my wrist joints feel limp and on fire, making my whole hand ache. My whole spine hurts and my hips/buttock muscles feel stiff and sore as though I've worked out hard when I haven't at all ( Read more... )

i've been having a "flare up" for 3.5 months now ( Read more... )

I lost a day to the crash ( Read more... )