What it's like to have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an illness that makes you feel exhausted all the time

I thought I might have seen this posted somewhere but can't find it.
It says 2018 but from the link it might be from 2016.:
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Alison Millington
Mar. 22, 2018

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• Living with CFS feels like being tired all the time — but it's so much more than being tired.
• The illness is thought to affect at least 17 million people worldwide, and four times as many women as men.
• It's normally triggered by viral infections like glandular fever, and can last a lifetime.
• It can come along with headaches and a foggy brain, making simple tasks difficult.
• While a 2011 trial suggested CFS can be helped with exercise or psychological therapy, a new analysis of the study found that there are actually no longer-term benefits of either.

After months of struggling both mentally and physically to do simple tasks, dealing with a constantly foggy brain and serious exhaustion that wouldn’t go away no matter how much I slept, a doctor told me I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

Having never heard of it, my response was skeptical, and somewhat annoyed — similar to when you’re told "it’s only a virus" after having a miserable cold for weeks on end.

It felt like a cop-out. But when she told me that there was a chance it would never go away, and the only way to help it was to "avoid exerting too much energy," I decided to do my research.

That was four years ago. Since then, I've learned many things about CFS, including what it is and, just as importantly, what it isn't."

http://uk.businessinsider.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-symptoms-what-its-like-2016-11

 

cant really like that article. for someone with degree level education and a journalist no less to write in a way that seems careless towards the facts of her own illness and the obscenity of crawleys work defies belief.

 

At least she refers to serious exhaustion and not fatigue.

 

The Business Insider - Singapore edition this time - has reprinted an updated version of this (18 Feb 2020). Long article, haven't had time to read so don't know how it compares to the previous version.

https://www.businessinsider.sg/what...e-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-2019-11/

 

Has some good content, including Dr Nina Muirhead