ME/CFS
Mild → no benefit
Mental fatigue making emails and games hard with ME/CFS; short sleep no overall benefit
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2017
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
the mental PEM I get from pushing past my energy envelope on any other day
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
the mental sleepiness/exhaustion is just usually to heavy for me to to get much joy from physical exertion
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
It's hard for me to compose an email let alone play a game on my normal days
In context ↗
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Summary
They described mental fatigue that made composing an email or playing a game hard on normal days, but no physical PEM or physical decline from exertion, which left them unsure whether they had CFS. Sleeping five hours or less, when otherwise caught up on sleep, brought them closer to their pre-exhaustion state and helped their mental fatigue a lot, though doing it two to three days made them worse.
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What they tried
Also tried
sleeping very little (5 hours or less), assuming I've been otherwise caught up with my sleep· Helped
Their words about each treatment
- sleeping very little (5 hours or less), assuming I've been otherwise caught up with my sleep · Helped
sleeping very little,(5 hours or less) ... helps me a ton with my mental fatigue
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | mental exhaustion set in, leaving them far from pre-illness dayscloser to my pre exhaustion daysIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2017-12-22 | brief lift in mental fatigue after sleeping five hours or lesson those days I can actually do those thingsIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2017-12-22 | still limited by mental exertion, no physical PEMIt's hard for me to compose an email let alone play a game on my normal daysIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
It's hard for me to compose an email let alone play a game on my normal days
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
the otherworldiness of the mental PEM I get from pushing past my energy envelope on any other day
In context ↗