Chronic Fatigue

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Fatigue is characterized by feelings of weariness and exhaustion. Fatigue is a common symptom of several emotional, mental, and physical disorders. In addition to poor nutrition, fatigue might result from over work, lack of sleep, stress, infection, or disease.

If one has chronic fatigue syndrome, the main symptom is an intense, disabling fatigue that can stop a person from living a normal life.

CFS and related metabolic syndromes strike hard in the stressful, toxic and time-starved 21st Century. Women between the ages of 30 and 50 seem to be especially hard hit as they juggle roles inside and outside the home – careers, children, spouses, aging parents, etc. The CDC estimates that at least half a million people in the U.S. suffer from CFS, but this number is considered low by most experts due to underreporting and the lack of a widespread random site study. Many cases of CFS remain undetected since it is difficult to accurately diagnose. The degree to which one is affected by adrenal dysfunction varies greatly from person to person.

SYMPTOMS

Sufferers can experience any or all of the following, simultaneously or intermittently:

• Extreme fatigue worsened by physical exertion
• Nervous exhaustion; excessive irritability
• Fast heart rate/palpitations
• Sleep difficulties
• Panic attacks; shortness of breath
• Muscle pain/weakness; painful joints
• Food and chemical sensitivities
• “Brain fog,” mood changes, memory loss
• Digestive disturbances
• Low grade fever; excessive sweating
• Hypersensitivity to loud noises, bright lights, odors, temperature extremes
• Frequent urination
• Hair loss, dry mouth, sore throat, mouth sores