Guest guest Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 My roommate has chronic fatigue syndrome. It's not just extreme tiredness. Her immune system is breaking down so she gets sick and feverish a lot. She's always in a lot of pain, but if she cuts herself or burns herself she can't feel that because her nerve endings are dying in various parts of her body. On top of all that she's tired a lot of the time. She's still functional. In fact she is working on getting her masters in elementary education, but it's just a lot harder for her to get out of bed and do the work she needs to do in the morning than it would be for other people. They can't prescribe much medication for it though because it's not an accepted form of illness in that there is no identifiable cause. Basically it sucks. Hope that helped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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