Please share an interesting fact about living with chronic fatigue syndrome (cfids).

Ignore: Regular exercise and plenty of hydration will alleviate symptoms.

Ignore: Regular aerobic exercise, and socialization with family/friends seems to mitigate many limitations.

Ignore: Stress reduction (meditation, yoga, massage) and a healthy diet help manage cfs symptoms!

Ignore: It might sound counterintuitive, but aerobic exercises can increase your energy and reduce fatigue.

Ignore: You're symptoms will come and go, so plan your life accordingly.

Ignore: Rule out disorders associated with chronic fatigue syndrome before giving RX.

Eating: Eating well throughout the day is important for sustaining energy, especially if you have CFS.

Sweets: Sweets and sugars cause blood sugar to spike and dip, making us feel wired, then tired and sluggish.

Studies: Studies show that green tea can improve memory and attention, and you get antioxidant polyphenols.

Ignore: Watch energy level, and don't overdo physically.

Ignore: It will get better. It's important to monitor energy level throughout the day.

Patients: Patients report that it is ultimately rewarding to restructure their days to fit their own rhythm.

It: It is better to get into the habit of an earlier bedtime between 9 and 10pm for best restorative slp.

Each: Each day you have a finite amount of energy available. Fine tune your inner sense of when to stop.

You: You will feel and do your best by pushing almost to the limit of your daily energy, but no more.

Trial: Trial and error will help you fine-tune that inner sense of how much energy you have to use each day.

Lying: Lying down and resting can contribute extra energy toward your daily limit.

Mental: Mental strain and emotional stress sap energy and lower your daily energy allowance to use.

Daily: Daily exercise of some kind is essential to prevent deconditioning, and may enhance immune system.

Resistance: Resistance exercises with light weights can help to improve muscle tone and increase your endurance.

Healing: Healing is based on a partnership and a process to find and treat the root causes of your illness.

Sometimes: Sometimes addressing the causes of disease requires meds - mostly hormones or meds for the gut.

Healing: Healing depends not only on doing the right things, but doing them in the right order.

Rooting: Rooting out the original causes from the downstream effects is the essential task of healing.

There: There are only a few root causes for all illness: infections, allergens, toxins, stress, poor diet.

7: 7 Keys: real food, nutrients/hormones, healthy environment, deep relaxation, movement, love, meaning.

Deep: Deep relaxation and rhythm, including sleep, are necessary for optimal biologic function.

Meaning: Meaning and purpose are actually needed for optimal biologic function.

Love: Love and community are actually needed for optimal biologic function.

Movement: Movement is needed for optimal biologic function: cardiac, resistance, balance, and flexibility.

Presence: Presence of any of the 6 root causes of disease and absence of any of the 7 needs for health=Disease.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome: prognosis for children is often better than adults in general.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome/CFS is also called Chronic fatigue & immune dysfunction syndrome/CFIDS.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complex & debilitating disease with serious impact on life quality.

Post-exertional: Post-exertional malaise is a very common symptom of Chronic fatigue syndrome.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms: unrefreshing sleep, concentration problem, muscle pain (6months)!

Severity: Severity of Chronic fatigue syndrome can vary widely one person to the next, complicating diagnosis.

Treatment: Treatment for Chronic fatigue syndrome: improve symptoms and improve life quality - there is no cure.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome: lifestyle changes, coping techniques, & gradual intro of exercise can help.

Chronic: Chronic fatigue syndrome: most common in women ages 40s to 50s, but can happen to anyone.

Ignore: Get Moving .studies show exercise boosts energy . It improves work efficiency of heart & lung.