ME/CFS
Severe → no benefit
ME/CFS left them too tired to sit up and eat; protein shakes by bed brought no improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- years
- Last post
- Jan 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
When I'm experiencing fatigue, I often go without eating because getting up to get a bowl of cereal feels like too much
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
sometimes even sitting up to drink them feels like too much
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
This is something I've struggled with for years.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user in r/chronicfatigue described struggling for years with eating enough because low energy made food physically unpleasant and getting up for a bowl of cereal felt like too much. At times even sitting up to drink a protein shake was too much, so they skipped meals and became more tired. They kept protein shakes by the bed as a way to cope.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- protein shakes · Helped
Sometimes I can cope by keeping protein shakes by my bed
In context ↗
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | began struggling to eat enough because of low energyThis is something I've struggled with for years.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2026-01-22 | too fatigued to get food or sit up to drink, often goes hungrygetting up to get a bowl of cereal feels like too much ... sometimes even sitting up to drink them feels like too muchIn context ↗ | Severe |