I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome 10 years ago. I was so sick and dizzy I couldn't get up and walk around for more than a few minutes at a time. I was sleeping up to 22 hours a day and I would still wake up exhausted. I have a severe problem with my thyroid that went untreated for so long that I think it's now irreversible, even with the correct medicine. I am now on the correct medicine, but I still feel exhausted all the time and I have to plan everything out ahead of time when I go out or else I come home and I have to spend the next several days in bed recovering from one trip outside.
In my case, I went to an alternative medical clinic and they gave me this regime of herbs called "monastery herbs". If I remember correctly, I took two rounds of them with each round lasting 28 days and a 28 day break in between. I did the two rounds back in 2009 and then, a couple of years ago when my husband was toward the end of his life and I was extremely stressed out, I did another round of them. They do seem to help me every time I do them, but I never feel completely well. I'm still always to some degree exhausted, dizzy, and unable to think clearly. At this point I don't know how much of it is the chronic fatigue and how much of it is due to my hypothyroidism. They are both chronic conditions that seem to feed into each other. Then there's also my depression and the fact that I am now going through menopause. I think all of these conditions feed into each other for me and that's probably why I'm a complete mess at this point.
I completely understand how difficult it is. When my husband was alive I would just push through it as best as I could, but now that he's gone I don't have any reason to do that, so I mostly tend to stay home. I really don't have any desire to go anywhere anyway. I like to be at home by myself where I can do what I want when I want, and if I feel tired I can lie down.
