RE: Living with CFS: Living life with a flat battery.
You look so sweet. Such a great husband you have too.
When my fatigue hits me out of the blue, such as you have described, I consider alternative factors... bare with me here because not all Christians want to hear about auras and such, but even in a church setting there can be energy vampires... people, who latch onto your auric energies (think of the halos around the Holy Family or Saints for a Christian example of an aura) and suck you dry. They are (sometimes) the ones who hang out at the door (not the official greeters, probably) and MUST shake your hand and hang on for a bit... But it's not always that way. One church, I actually left after the children's message because I'd been "zapped" so badly by a vampire in there. (I didn't return to that church, actually.) Anyway, just one other "take" on CFS. Such a multi-faceted illness that it's hard to say anything definite, but what you described just sounded like what happens to me when I have an energy vampire drain me.
For me its more a case of how much energy will I need to interact with this person. Some are short, low energy interactions and others are heavy duty interactions that require a lot of thinking and concentration. It wasn't so much where we were as the effort it took to get there.
We spent time with my family last night and I played with my niece for a bit. After dinner I crashed and we left early. Mine seems to be quite closely linked to what and when I eat. Eating takes a lot of energy so even on better days if I have something important to do in the morning I will wait to eat until I'm done with the task at hand.
But I do know what you mean. Some interactions with especially negative people can leave you feeling drained. I call it 'throwing hope rocks into the pit of despair' :-) There's just no right answer for them.
I find having to explain why I'm tired takes a lot of my energy. And eventually you just disintegrate into not being able to speak.
Yep and yep.
Yeah, what I eat is important and I haven't found all the links there. Soy is huge for me, wipes my mind out for three days, but my energy takes about a week to recover! Corn sweeteners also do it, but to a lesser extent.
When it's really bad for me, I can't speak straight - like being so tired that I can't put a complete sentence together. Frustrating!
I also can't handle crowds or fluorescent lighting - but those are the ones I know - there are factors I don't know still. This past week or two has been really bad, and I'm really not sure why!!!