ME/CFS
Moderate → no benefitIll for 1 year
Felt like death for a year with ME/CFS, still no recovery, credits self-forgiveness
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 1 year
- Last post
- Aug 2023
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
r/chronicfatigue
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I feel like I’ve felt like death for the last year, interrupted by a maybe handful of good days.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
The only thing that has helped me at all is learning to forgive myself.
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Summary
Pond 46345 had felt like death for about a year, interrupted by only a handful of good days, after the illness struck during their first year of law school. They said the only thing that helped at all was learning to forgive themselves, and that shaming themselves made the fatigue and depression worse. They reported no other treatment and no recovery, and were still trying to keep going.
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What they tried
Also tried
learning to forgive myself· Helped
Their words about each treatment
- learning to forgive myself · Helped
The only thing that has helped me at all is learning to forgive myself. It’s easier said than done, I know.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2022 | illness hit during first year of law schoolwhen this illness hit me, and I was in my first year of law schoolIn context ↗ |
| 2023-08-11 | still felt like death, only a handful of good daysI feel like I’ve felt like death for the last year, interrupted by a maybe handful of good days.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
it just makes you more depressed and makes the fatigue worse
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