20-year ME/CFS with fatigue and concentration problems, somewhat better with fasting
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 20 years
- Last post
- Aug 2016
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
Fasting alleviates my chronic fatigue and problems with concentration.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Fasting alleviates my chronic fatigue and problems with concentration. It's been a 20 year journey.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user in r/cfs described a 20-year illness with chronic fatigue and problems with concentration. They said that fasting alleviated the fatigue and concentration problems, and that certain foods seemed to have a greater effect than others, though they had not made out a definite pattern. No severity, doses, costs or overall outcome were described.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Fasting · Helped
Fasting alleviates my chronic fatigue and problems with concentration.
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Approaches: Diet
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 |
|---|---|
| onset | onset of chronic fatigue with concentration problemsFasting alleviates my chronic fatigue and problems with concentration. It's been a 20 year journey.In context ↗ |
| 2016-08-13 | reported that fasting alleviates fatigue and concentration problemsFasting alleviates my chronic fatigue and problems with concentration.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
problems with concentration
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