| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a controversial | | | | buffer to neutralize acidic toxins of metabolism. |
| condition with no precise definition or single known | | | | Quercetin helps because it protects the potency |
| cause. Various things can cause it and the only | | | | of adrenalin in the body, therefore increasing |
| way known to diagnose it is through a diagnosis | | | | overall energy efficiency. |
| of exclusion of all other pathologies known to | | | | If you or someone you care about appears to be |
| cause chronic fatigue such diabetes, depression, | | | | suffering from CFS, you are going to have to get |
| anemia, leukemia, malnutrition, etc. However there | | | | a thorough diagnosis to rule out all kinds of |
| are some specific terms or conditions associated | | | | possible causes. I was checked and |
| with CFS such as encephalomyelitis, post-viral | | | | double-checked and it turned out my |
| fatigue syndrome (PVFS), Epstein-Barr virus, | | | | anxiety-disorder was to blame. I found out that |
| adrenal fatigue, etc. The condition must also be | | | | my CFS would tend to get much worse after |
| present for more than 6 months for it to match | | | | very stressful days. Depression also greatly |
| most diagnostic criteria. | | | | effected it. Therefore even though I had definite |
| More women than men are said to have this | | | | symptoms of fatigue, they may not been the |
| disorder and it has been more commonly | | | | official, bona fide form of CFS. Instead, my |
| diagnosed in young children and especially | | | | chronic fatigue was most likely a "spinoff" of |
| teenagers. Many other symptoms ranging from | | | | other problems I was presently suffering from |
| mild to life-threatening such as cardiac problems, | | | | such as my anxiety disorder and depression while |
| asthma, muscle fatigue, pain, spacey feelings, | | | | developing agoraphobia. But none of this |
| digestive problems, depression, immune | | | | knowledge satisfied my main concern as to how |
| weakness, and oversensitivity have been | | | | to really get rid of this devastating problem, which |
| reported by those suffering from CFS but are | | | | alone was making my life miserable. |
| not officially a part of this ailment. Some get | | | | I proved to myself it was a part of my |
| better over a period of time and some cases do | | | | depression by noticing that when my moods |
| respond to various treatments. | | | | would swing back toward anxiety, I would seem |
| The main symptom of CFS is an unrelenting | | | | to have more energy. After all, even though high |
| tiredness not relieved by rest and greatly | | | | anxiety is not at all a positive energy, at least it |
| exaggerated through even the smallest amounts | | | | was some form of energy nevertheless forcing |
| of exertion. One often feels like one is walking | | | | me to get things done to distract me from the |
| through molasses with weights tied to every part | | | | sheer terror of the highly undesirable thoughts |
| of one's body. Some days are so bad that one | | | | and feelings I would often suffer from. |
| may need to stay in bed and sleep all day. Also | | | | It was not until much later that I came across |
| not only physical body is affected, the mind and | | | | two books by Patrick Holford: Natural Highs: Feel |
| emotions are equally thwarted. CFS is an | | | | Good All the Time and Optimum Nutrition for the |
| extremely serious and very frustrating condition | | | | Mind that I found out I was pyroluric and suffering |
| to deal with as all aspects of one's life are | | | | from a common metabolic disorder known as |
| seriously compromised if not ruined. It may take | | | | pyroluria. There is actually a one in ten chance |
| four times as much effort to accomplish one | | | | that you, the reader of this article could actually |
| tenth of what the average person can achieve. | | | | have at least a trace of this condition, however, |
| I suffered periods of what seemed to be CFS | | | | not everyone reacts to it the same way. |
| throughout most of my life starting at very early | | | | Strangely enough, some may actually have no |
| age. I was considered "lazy" and inattentive at | | | | depression, anxiety, or fatigue whatsoever, just a |
| school and used to "daydream" during class. I was | | | | greater tendency toward contracting lung cancer. |
| actually going into deep meditative states even | | | | Anyway, I saw my entire life story written all |
| though no one, not even myself, realized it at the | | | | over the symptoms related to pyroluria. After |
| time. After a long day at high school I would | | | | taking the zinc, B6, niacin, and many antioxidants |
| often feel so exhausted that I would immediately | | | | regularly things got somewhat better. Now I feel |
| go to sleep the moment I entered my room at | | | | much more emotionally balanced, however, it did |
| 3:00 in the afternoon (school usually started at | | | | take a few months and I'm still not 100% perfect. |
| 8:00 AM and finished around 2:35 PM). I had a | | | | Trying to find complete wellness and maintain it is |
| tough time finding enough mental energy to get | | | | very tricky business. |
| any homework done and needed 14 hours of | | | | My search never really comes to an end, there |
| sleep! | | | | always seems to be something more I need to |
| My symptoms were quite worrisome and this | | | | learn and use to improve my condition even |
| problem continued in various degrees of severity | | | | further. I recently learned that chronic fatigue |
| throughout my life and had very little sympathy, | | | | syndrome can also be a symptom of one or |
| only accusations of being "lazy" which really upset | | | | several endocrine gland disorders involving mainly |
| me. I never was able to overcome this problem | | | | the adrenal glands, sometimes the thyroid and |
| until I regularly took the correct amounts of the | | | | even the pituitary and hypothalamus. Recent |
| right combination of certain herbs, vitamins and | | | | saliva and blood tests revealed that indeed I have |
| antioxidants. Like I said in so many other articles I | | | | adrenal and thyroid insufficiency which is a result |
| have written on health, drinking loads of alkalized | | | | of massive emotional stress starting from very |
| water also seemed to help. Not surprised because | | | | early in life. |
| alkalized (negatively ionized) water acts as a | | | | |