I Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Greetings,

I have had CFS on and off for 7 years. I've started collecting stories of people who have recovered and/or who have done something interesting with their life despite the illness for a podcast called cfsstories.com. Check it...

Hi, I've been sick since sep 2009. I became very sick one day with what seemed to be flu. I was throwing up, bad headaches, fever, etc. The fevers last for six months or so. I seemed to be getting better summer 2010, but then started...

My other has had chronic fatigue syndrome for 18 years now - my whole life.
Over all the doctors she has come accross, there is only one that has ever believed her and has been able to cure CFS, he is the man to this day who keeps my...

So finally, as I come pretty close to the 3rd year of Chronic Fatigue I can write a happy story about it :)

I feel good:)

I can get through stressful situations now.. They still wear me out, but at least I can do them :D
I can get...

I was diagnosed with CFS, about 18 months ago when I was still in college trying to get qualifications to go to uni to do psychology like I have always dreamed of. I started having my symptoms when I was first doing my
gcse's and ended...

I was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (after being misdiagnosed for a year with Bell's Palsy) and as part of that I've been told Post Viral Fatigue or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was a common complication.

In some respects I was...

Not going to make this long.  I was in a miserable relationship and got very, VERY sick.  I went to the doctor and they told me I had mono, epstein~barr..........
I couldnt care for my kids.  This fatique went on for...

Hello! My name is Da-Yeon and i am currently 17 years old. I have had CFS for about 2 years, with it gradually getting worse. I am currently home tutored and dont go out very much. My muscles ache constantly and i feel so tired all the...

so i have recently been diagnosed with CFS in the last month although i think i have probably had it a lot longer than that, prehaps 6 to 12 months but anyway, i guess just over a month ago things became more intese and thats when i...

Hi im living with cfs have been since 2006 wen i was diagnosed with it but had suffered a year before i new wat it was docs said it was a long term affect from meningacocal meningitis wich i had wen i was 11 made it thru that just but...

Hey everyone,

I had CFS for two years during college.  It was the worst time of my life, and I feel for each and every one of you out there who is currently experiencing the disease.  I came across experience project when...

Chronic fatigue. Even the name sounds pathetic.
When I tell people, they're just like 'oh...but it will get better won't it? I get that all the time, but I always feel better after having an early night'.
If only. My name is Helena and...

I have been diagnosed with CFS, but I do a not agree with the label because it seems like its simple a throwaway diagnosis so people won't follow through with what might actually be ailling someone.
I dont even like the name. It's...

Jan, 1999 i had meningo encephalitis.  Even though I recovered from the infection, my life has not been the same as I never have been back to pre-infection health.  Six months later, I was diagnosed with ME.  The next...

How does anyone do it? Being so young yet feeling so old, feeling like you will never get to live the life you dream of? How does anyone cope with it? I'm always stressed wondering will I be able to do the things I want to do when I get...

Hey everyone. I'm 14 and i'm living with chronic fatigue and/or CFS. i first began getting many symptoms of this when i was 11. so i've been living with it for roughly 3 years. i was doing a lot of research just about different ways to...

When i was 13 i was diagnosed with CFS. After months of taking blood they had ruled out any other condition. At first i could still do normal things, apart from feeling tired after a while and needing a nap. But now everything has...

It started out the doctors were running all of these tests and thought I had some brain disease. When it came down to it they said that I had mono. Then epstine bar. Then when I didnt bounce back and I still didnt bounce back and now 7...

About 10-12 years ago, I started to have problems with disabling fatigue. I went through a good number of diagnostic work-ups and several doctors ended up telling me I had CFS. I have been rather resistant in accepting this as a...

I was diagnosed about a month ago with very little info from my doctor. I just remember hearing the words from the nurse who called about my blood results. She it was chronic fatigue and there was no cure. I was dumfounded. I had been...