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Old 05-10-2012, 12:39 PM
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I tend to see fatigue as my brain telling me that I'm asking too much of it, and that I need to slow down if it's going to heal.

So I would say I improved my fatigue by going with it as much as I could and resting whenever I was tired, which was most of the time, for months (yes I know it's frustrating and boring and depressing!).

I'm functioning pretty normally now but still notice that I need a bit more rest than other people. I would say that like so many other of our symptoms which we love to hate, the fatigue is really your brain trying to help you help yourself, by making appropriate demands of it so that it can get itself better.

Trying to fight these symptoms is essentially trying to fight your own brain and its defence mechanisms, which will ultimately make your problems last longer as the healing process is delayed. When your brain is ready for it your fatigue will lessen.
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