ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS tiredness and mental exhaustion after pushing too far, plus depression medication
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2023
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
Yes. I have been formally diagnosed with both.
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With CFS, I'm tired but I still wish I could be doing all the things (unless Ive pushed myself way too far and I'm mentally exhausted). That's my baseline.
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Summary
A Reddit user wrote in May 2023 that they had been formally diagnosed with both CFS and depression. Their CFS baseline was being tired but still wanting to do things, and becoming mentally exhausted after pushing too far. Unaddressed depression left them unmotivated and nothing feeling like it mattered, while medication cleared the depressed thinking, and they found motivation a better marker than fatigue.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- medicated · Helped
the depressed thinking goes away when I'm medicated
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Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
With depression (unaddressed) I'm tired but now I don't want to do anything and nothing feels like it matters.
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