Have I Also Got Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
I'm beginning to think I might have cfs but how can the difference between fibro and cfs be noticed, has anyone got both and know the difference?
I have pain everyday and fatigue everyday but fatigue is more of a concern atm
Chronic fatigue is lack of energy to do every day tasks. Fibro is a lot od medical symptoms which involve pain.
I have them both. I was dx with CFS after having pneumonia n still after a few months never feeling as it went away.
With the1st dx of CFS, I was weak, sleeping up to 20hrs a day, couldnt get out of the bed, had a lot of cognitive problems - memory, speech, numbers, my mind would literally go blank sometimes, n anxiety.
About 6mos later started feeling the fibro pain of burning achey muscles, sensitive to touch, pins n needles feeling. Was then dx as also have FM about 6mos the CFS dx.
Since then the list of symptoms has been ever growing, n went from sleeping all the time to now having insomnia.
Cfs and fms have pretty much the same symptoms and its something I questioned myself recently.
From what I found, in cfs fatigue is the predominant symptom. In fms, pain is the predominant symtom.
I have lack of energy sleep a lot through the day fight to stay awake but finally have to give in then I have insomnia at night so I basically don't have much of a life also fibro pain which I am learning to manage but the sleep problems are becoming a major problem and causing me to feel so depressed. ...who would diagnose me with cfs ? My gp is useless but due to attend 1st pain clinic this week maybe I should wait to see someone there or visit my gp?
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