Comments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Doctors, Supplements, And Forums http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress CFS News and Research Updates Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on How Does Redbull Affect Your Energy Levels? by Manu http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/energy-boosters/how-does-redbull-give-you-energy/comment-page-2/#comment-368721 Manu Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:40 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/energy-boosters/how-does-redbull-give-you-energy/#comment-368721 Please advice me if ihave to run for 11 km, will red bul helpful for me to provide energy. How long will it provide energy for running... Please advice me if ihave to run for 11 km, will red bul helpful for me to provide energy. How long will it provide energy for running…

]]> Comment on Creatine and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Karsten Wille http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/creatine-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-367508 Karsten Wille Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:45:08 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/creatine-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/#comment-367508 Hi folks, My experience with creatine is very different. 12 years ago I decided to take the stuff to improve my body building and lifting capabilities in the gym. It worked, I increased in strength and piled on the bulk. Then the worst thing of my life happened, as I also was prescribed a long course of antibiotics, whilst also taking multivitamine supplements. This mixture with creatine was toxic and was very dangerous infact - I came down with something that felt like serious flu but wasn't - then was diagnosed with post viral fatigue syndrome and finally CFS. My thyroid at that time also went for a downward spiral. Had I followed the advice on the tin to not take creatine over a prolonged period of time I may have been alright. I now just take multivitamins and minerals in liquid form as supplementation and that is it. 12 years later I am working as a school teacher but still suffer from a mild form of the disease. If you cannot function without creatine, there should be some serious health concerns. Some months back - I used some L-carnitine in liquid from, not realising that it was creatine given to me by my Wife - had a fantastic strength workout, then had to go to bed for a couple of day with a stomach ache and headache. Although creatine is said to be a natural product, it is so concentrated that it can have adverse affects which I have suffered from. Hi folks,

My experience with creatine is very different. 12 years ago I decided to take the stuff to improve my body building and lifting capabilities in the gym. It worked, I increased in strength and piled on the bulk.

Then the worst thing of my life happened, as I also was prescribed a long course of antibiotics, whilst also taking multivitamine supplements. This mixture with creatine was toxic and was very dangerous infact – I came down with something that felt like serious flu but wasn’t – then was diagnosed with post viral fatigue syndrome and finally CFS. My thyroid at that time also went for a downward spiral.

Had I followed the advice on the tin to not take creatine over a prolonged period of time I may have been alright. I now just take multivitamins and minerals in liquid form as supplementation and that is it. 12 years later I am working as a school teacher but still suffer from a mild form of the disease. If you cannot function without creatine, there should be some serious health concerns.

Some months back – I used some L-carnitine in liquid from, not realising that it was creatine given to me by my Wife – had a fantastic strength workout, then had to go to bed for a couple of day with a stomach ache and headache. Although creatine is said to be a natural product, it is so concentrated that it can have adverse affects which I have suffered from.

]]> Comment on How Does Redbull Affect Your Energy Levels? by adnan http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/energy-boosters/how-does-redbull-give-you-energy/comment-page-2/#comment-367126 adnan Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:34:04 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/energy-boosters/how-does-redbull-give-you-energy/#comment-367126 i have noticed the only side effect of redbull and that is when i take it can of it u wont sleep it powers up ur body but finally when u go to sleep u ill sleep alot like in normal days i sleep 6 8 hrs but when i have this red bull i cant get up early and sleep 14 hrs. contact me on my email.thank you. i have noticed the only side effect of redbull and that is when i take it can of it u wont sleep it powers up ur body but finally when u go to sleep u ill sleep alot like in normal days i sleep 6 8 hrs but when i have this red bull i cant get up early and sleep 14 hrs.
contact me on my email.thank you.

]]> Comment on B12 Shots – *My Experience* by Niki http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/b12-injections/comment-page-1/#comment-366228 Niki Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:37:12 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-366228 I have all of those symptoms you said have been alleviated and just today found out I am very very low in b12. Here's hoping my doc cooperates. I have all of those symptoms you said have been alleviated and just today found out I am very very low in b12. Here’s hoping my doc cooperates.

]]> Comment on Alcohol and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Sugar http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/alcohol-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-365963 Sugar Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:22:58 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/alcohol-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/#comment-365963 I have started to think that I may have Cfs... I am consistently stressed, have had a very tough few years. I feel dizzy alot and cannot sleep through the night without aid. However, I find it really easy to sleep in cinema's, infront of the tv and in situations like meetings where I cannot move. I have been put on anti-depressents, but find a couple of glasses of wine are better to help me relax. Problem is I often relax too much and am renound for passing out in strange places??? Comments appreciated... I have started to think that I may have Cfs… I am consistently stressed, have had a very tough few years. I feel dizzy alot and cannot sleep through the night without aid. However, I find it really easy to sleep in cinema’s, infront of the tv and in situations like meetings where I cannot move. I have been put on anti-depressents, but find a couple of glasses of wine are better to help me relax. Problem is I often relax too much and am renound for passing out in strange places??? Comments appreciated…

]]> Comment on B12 Shots – *My Experience* by Summer http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/b12-injections/comment-page-1/#comment-365342 Summer Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:45:40 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/?p=114#comment-365342 Hi Folks, Great thread! I just started seeing a naturopathic doctor for help with complicated depression and anxiety (OCD, ADD etc). I never seemed to tolerate antidepressants very well and could not accept the side effects that came with them (they actually made my brain fog and fatigue worse!). Thus, now I am in the hands of a naturopath who has been administering weekly B12, folic acid compound injections weekly. It wasn't until the 2nd shot that I noticed something "click on." I am now on shot 3 and I can tell you that I have noticed a marked difference in the way I feel, react to stress and even my sleep rhythms. I still have more or less the same amount of stressors in my life, but now, I don't seem to feel as "swept up" or overwhelmed by them. I feel as though everything has slowed and quieted down. I can think clearly (as though an internal lamp just switched on!) I am not exaggerating - I was skeptical- but now I cannot deny it. And even so, if what I am experiencing is simply a placebo "mind over matter" effect, so be it - either way, it's working like a charm. My only challenge is budgeting for the weekly $30.00 shots which I justify as an alternative treatment instead of being pumped full of antidepressants. I highly recommend trying it. My family doctor is not in favor of me seeing a naturopath. And while I have high regards for him as a Western doctor, I had to make my health my responsibility and not wait for modern medicine to heal me - it wasn't. I too was being told that "it's all in my head, aging or genetics." I'm only 35! The next time you have bloodwork, ask the lab for a copy of the results and run them to your naturopath. I think the ideal would be a comprehensive approach between modern and naturopathic medicine. Following is a list of a few benefits I have been noticing since my 2nd B compound injection: Clear headed Marked reduction in anxiety or panic attacks I feel rested and "awake" upon rising (for the first time since childhood!) Improvement in circulation (no more Renauds) A sense of calm linear thought - less over-thinking slight elevation in energy, stamina peppier than usual - not depressed - feel lighter warmth and colour back in my skin decrease in acne Hi Folks,
Great thread! I just started seeing a naturopathic doctor for help with complicated depression and anxiety (OCD, ADD etc). I never seemed to tolerate antidepressants very well and could not accept the side effects that came with them (they actually made my brain fog and fatigue worse!). Thus, now I am in the hands of a naturopath who has been administering weekly B12, folic acid compound injections weekly. It wasn’t until the 2nd shot that I noticed something “click on.” I am now on shot 3 and I can tell you that I have noticed a marked difference in the way I feel, react to stress and even my sleep rhythms. I still have more or less the same amount of stressors in my life, but now, I don’t seem to feel as “swept up” or overwhelmed by them. I feel as though everything has slowed and quieted down. I can think clearly (as though an internal lamp just switched on!) I am not exaggerating – I was skeptical- but now I cannot deny it. And even so, if what I am experiencing is simply a placebo “mind over matter” effect, so be it – either way, it’s working like a charm. My only challenge is budgeting for the weekly $30.00 shots which I justify as an alternative treatment instead of being pumped full of antidepressants. I highly recommend trying it. My family doctor is not in favor of me seeing a naturopath. And while I have high regards for him as a Western doctor, I had to make my health my responsibility and not wait for modern medicine to heal me – it wasn’t. I too was being told that “it’s all in my head, aging or genetics.” I’m only 35! The next time you have bloodwork, ask the lab for a copy of the results and run them to your naturopath. I think the ideal would be a comprehensive approach between modern and naturopathic medicine. Following is a list of a few benefits I have been noticing since my 2nd B compound injection:
Clear headed
Marked reduction in anxiety or panic attacks
I feel rested and “awake” upon rising (for the first time since childhood!)
Improvement in circulation (no more Renauds)
A sense of calm
linear thought – less over-thinking
slight elevation in energy, stamina
peppier than usual – not depressed – feel lighter
warmth and colour back in my skin
decrease in acne

]]> Comment on XMRV Lecture by Dr. David Bell by tori http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/xmrv-dr-david-bell/comment-page-1/#comment-356110 tori Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:23:13 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/?p=301#comment-356110 Also many of us are found to have undiagnosed Lyme and coinfections. The number I commonly hear is 70%, all dx'd with cfs/fibro first. I'm one of them. Also many of us are found to have undiagnosed Lyme and coinfections. The number I commonly hear is 70%, all dx’d with cfs/fibro first. I’m one of them.

]]> Comment on XMRV Lecture by Dr. David Bell by tori http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/xmrv-dr-david-bell/comment-page-1/#comment-356109 tori Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:22:31 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/?p=301#comment-356109 Dr. Boyer, I have low cortisol and that is part of CFS. It's adrenal burnout. Maybe some have high cortisol but low cortisol is common too. We take adrenal supplements or low-dose hydrocortisone. Dr. Boyer, I have low cortisol and that is part of CFS. It’s adrenal burnout. Maybe some have high cortisol but low cortisol is common too. We take adrenal supplements or low-dose hydrocortisone.

]]> Comment on D-Ribose by Sandi http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/d-ribose/comment-page-2/#comment-353200 Sandi Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:40:50 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/d-ribose/#comment-353200 I need to know if this weill affect my blood sugar as i am a type 2 diabetic and my sugar readings are high....i have tried the d-ribose before as i have fibromyalgia and it helped greatly, however i need to watch my blood sugar levels too.....can anyone shed some light on this????? Please? I need to know if this weill affect my blood sugar as i am a type 2 diabetic and my sugar readings are high….i have tried the d-ribose before as i have fibromyalgia and it helped greatly, however i need to watch my blood sugar levels too…..can anyone shed some light on this????? Please?

]]> Comment on XMRV Lecture by Dr. David Bell by Hayden Rhodes http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/treatments/xmrv-dr-david-bell/comment-page-1/#comment-353059 Hayden Rhodes Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:18:52 +0000 http://www.chronicfatiguetreatments.com/wordpress/?p=301#comment-353059 It is very true that many people cannot understand just how numbing CFS can truly be, not only on a physical level but on a mental one also. I have found that no matter what when I work on improving adrenal function it helps dramatically. Running some other lab tests and not the typical blood tests also gives me a lot of information I can use to beat these conditions from the inside out. It is very true that many people cannot understand just how numbing CFS can truly be, not only on a physical level but on a mental one also. I have found that no matter what when I work on improving adrenal function it helps dramatically. Running some other lab tests and not the typical blood tests also gives me a lot of information I can use to beat these conditions from the inside out.

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