Wrong diagnosis?

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I read the following on Krysalis site:

" Chronic Fatigue is caused by restricted aerobic metabolism, the primary

source of energy for almost all normal cells. This not only reduces

available cellular energy, but it also promotes excess anaerobic metabolism.

The reduced cellular energy translates into reduced body energy. The

resulting excess anaerobic metabolism results in the production of excess

lactic acid. This lactic acid is what causes the muscle pain associated with

Fibromyaligia. This explains why these two diseases, which are always found

together, are considered to be different faces of the same disease. "

and further:

" Chronic Fatigue and Lactic Acid Buildup: The following information was

supplied as a handout at the 7 November (2000) talk given by Professor

Scroop at the AGM of the ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of .

In this talk/handout, Dr. Scroop described their experiments with CFS

patients with a cycle exercise test. Briefly, they discovered that using

this exercise test, blood tests for CFS patients showed a distinct abnormal

lactate response. The CFS patients released more lactic acid into the blood

than the healthy control subjects sometimes twice as much.

These results present critically important evidence supporting the theory

presented here. Thus, the measurements are vital, if not conclusive,

evidence of the theory's validity. The theory also claims that this lactic

acid buildup is the cause of the pain of fibromyalgia. "

I had those tests, and was found to build-up about three-four times less

lactic acid than what should be expected, and I am diagnosed FM.

Is this theory accurate, or is this just a theory that hasn't been verified

on a large amount of people?

If so, I don't have FM, but something else. In fact one of my favorite

supplement is pyruvate because it gives me some more strength, helping to

produce lactic acid. But I can't use it on a regular basis, because if I

don't have enough physical activity I put on more weight with it.

Sylvie