[gosmart4u]

Rather than defaulting to drugs for CFS, I would much rather find the core cause of it? Oftentimes it is an infection, stress or even the food we put into our bodies. You would be amazed at how better you can feel and how much more energy you have by simply changing your diet and lifestyle.

[watersb]

Sounds like you found something that works for you. Excellent!

Diet and exercise were certainly where I started. That was seven years ago. Still no joy.

Infections eventually go away. Maybe. Or we treat them with drugs, diet etc. Stress can be reduced, managed, eliminated. We can change the food we put in our bodies.

When nothing works, then what? Keep looking.

[sosuke]

I can sympathize, my wife is asleep next to me and I'm sure she will be excited to hear some progress is being made on CFS. CFS isn't a sexy thing to research, it doesn't get a lot of funding, same thing with a lot of other conditions and syndromes. No idea what causes it, but taking x/y/x unrelated medication seems to alleviate the symptoms.

[gosmart4u]

I hope you find some answers. I understand the struggle.

[rfrey]

If you reckon you know what the core cause of CFS is and have done some experiments that provide evidence, you should publish that stuff.

[gosmart4u]

I have personally reversed CFS & an auto-immune disease with crazy high anti-bodies by sticking with a very strict diet and changing life-style.

[cbd1984]

Sounds like you did something and then you got better. Sadly, post hoc ergo propter hoc is not a treatment modality.

[cpncrunch]

Please don't be rude.

I think the issue is figuring out the correct "lifestyle" treatment, as that word is quite broad. Research shows that an abnormally low HPA axis is associated with CFS, and in my case what worked was doing things to reverse this. This appears to be the case for other patients who have recovered.

[gosmart4u]

I have personally reversed CFS & an auto-immune disease with crazy high anti-bodies by sticking with a very strict diet and changing my life-style. Only after being directed into many black-holes by multiple doctors telling me nothing was wrong or trying to prescribe me anti-anxiety drugs.

So yeah I guess I am a jackass!