ME/CFS fatigue back heavily after daily workouts, still a constant brutal drain
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 19 months
- Last post
- Jan 2020
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I think I have mild CFS that is pushed over into moderate/bad CFS through low T.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I can go to class and kind of have a social life but it’s a constant and brutal drain.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Fatigue started to come back heavy and since September 2019 it’s been terrible.
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
It came after a very brief stomach bug.
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Summary
A 20-year-old male student has had CFS-like symptoms since June 2018, after a brief stomach bug. Fatigue settled after a few months at about 70-75% of normal health, but daily hard workouts in summer 2019 brought it back heavily, and since September 2019 he attends class and sees people only at a constant, brutal drain. Tests found very low testosterone (180-350); he was weighing testosterone replacement but had not started it.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- work out hard as hell every day · Worse
work out hard as hell every day ... I felt worse and worse
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. The chart starts 4 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | CFS-like symptoms began after a brief stomach bugI’ve had CFS-like symptoms since June 2018. It came after a very brief stomach bug.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| Fall 2018 | fatigue leveled out at about 70-75% of healthAfter a few months of pretty bad fatigue, it leveled out, and I constantly felt like I was operating on 70-75% healthIn context ↗ | Mild |
| Summer 2019 | daily hard workouts; fatigue came back heavyas the pounds fell off I felt worse and worse. Fatigue started to come back heavyIn context ↗ | Mild |
| September 2019 | fatigue became terriblesince September 2019 it’s been terribleIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2020-01-25 | still attending class and seeing people at a constant drainI can go to class and kind of have a social life but it’s a constant and brutal drainIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
my dumbass thought it would be a good idea to work out hard as hell every day ... as the pounds fell off I felt worse and worse
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I’ve dealt with severe anxiety my whole life
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