CFS diagnosis question

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Hello,We are using LDN in my house for my daughter with Hashimoto's. While she has been taking it, we have all tried it, and my son is now on it (for undiagnosed issues but related to immune system regulation... we think he has a chronic viral inflammation of the brain which causes epiliptiform activity and seizures when he is febrile)

Anyway, I am still on it. Feeling good.My husband was trying some by my insistence for a couple weeks, and then we ran out and I was waiting on a refill... and once we got the refill we didn't start him back on it.

So while he was on it (low dose I mean like 1.5 mg cream!!!) I did notice he had more energy and get-up-and-go-it-ness. For instance, he decides out of the blue to take my old car for a drive, the one that has been sitting in the driveway falling apart from just sitting, while I've been asking for the last five years (and stopped trying) that he drive it every so often. And several other chore-like things around the house, he just up and did without me reminding him or the thing in question breaking and demanding to be fixed.

Now that he's off it, we are back to more of the same stuff. I am trying to find out if this sounds like chronic fatigure syndrome:Wake up 7:30 am, get breakfast going for himself and the kids, feed them, lay down on the couch to " watch the kids play " but really it means he sleeps.

Wake up around 11:00 am, get up and shower and shave. Go to grocery store to pick up a few things for lunch. Like hamburger meat, tomatoes, fries. Not a major shopping trip. Get home, cook up lunch (for everyone) and after eating, needs to lay down because " I feel like crap. "

Wake up around 3:15 pm now, (he's going to sit at the computer and do some math homework for his Master's degree)Around 5:00 he will be looking for dinner. After dinner, it will be homework and maybe afterward, tv time... he has really no energy for housework and if he does do it (he doesn't complain about doing it), then it wipes him out.

A lot of this went unnoticed by me since I was having my own energy issues and also I am not one to argue with him about stuff. (I know I am no peach to live with either, and there are a lot of things that don't get done because of my own ADD-type issues!!!)

Anyway, my question is, does this sound like CFS, anemia, or just " lazy old man " ??Thanks!!!-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

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Check his adrenal and thyroid.

Adrenal

Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome

Hypothyroidism:

The Unsuspected Illness

Hypothyroidism

Type 2: The Epidemic

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[Guest guest]

This could be CFS or it could be a dozen other things, or a mixture of things.

I would start with the cheap and easy things to do since your household has

children, chronic illness and is probably not rich. The first thing that I would

do would be to get back on the LDN. Order it from online, if you cannot get his

own prescription. My husband, mother, sister and son all take it because the

pills are so cheap and easy to dissolve. Since it can do no harm, the bigger

question is, " why not? "

Then, I would consider iodine and Vitamin D. We are finding that these two cheap

and simple supplements can make a huge difference to anybody who is even

slightly mal-nurished or deficient.

If not chronic fatigue, I believe that men in particular, are under diagnosed

for depression. The great thing is that the LDN can be used exactly for that

problem too. The endorphin surge is a good cure for depression and more and more

people are using it for that purpose.

If he were to start LDN, iodine and vitamin D and then reevaluate where he is,

it could give him enough of a boost to start to take better care of himself, and

do it with a smile.

That is what happened with me. With LDN, I was able to have enough energy to

start to really care and then could take on each deficit as I figured out what

it was. This included cutting down on gluten and a bunch of other things, but

those thoughts are overwhelming until one gets some energy from the LDN first.

Good luck and let us know,

Francie

http://LDN-for-MS.com

>

> Hello,

> We are using LDN in my house for my daughter with Hashimoto's. While she has

> been taking it, we have all tried it, and my son is now on it (for

> undiagnosed issues but related to immune system regulation... we think he

> has a chronic viral inflammation of the brain which causes epiliptiform

> activity and seizures when he is febrile)

>

> Anyway, I am still on it. Feeling good.

>

> My husband was trying some by my insistence for a couple weeks, and then we

> ran out and I was waiting on a refill... and once we got the refill we

> didn't start him back on it.

[Guest guest]

Francie, you have some great advice. Some weeks ago, I was doing a ton of research into celiac disease, which is an allergy to wheat gluten, but as I recall, celiac disease has a number of symptoms that are the same as CFS. In celiac disease the disgestive system has difficulty digesting gluten, which is the protein in wheat, also includes the other grains, rye, tritically etc. and all except oats and buckwheat, which now is thought to be disgested by those with celiac disease. If it was hinted I had CFS, I would beat feet down to the health food store and pick up some Betaine HCL, it's very inexpensive and can potentially do so much good, and keep increasing the number of pills w/ meals, until I got heartburn, then back off the dosage by one pill. Gluten intolerance, milk intolerance, or any food allergy does damage to the small intestines, the small intestines is where ninety five percent of all the bodies serotonin is produced and of course serotonin is the feel good neurotransmitter, almost all anti depressants are designed to enhance serotonin affects, and hopfully stop depression. Research tells me, females only have one day supply of serotonin, whereas men have up to a weeks supply. Reasearchers have recently discovered there is a gene located in the small intestines that distates how much serotonin is produced in the body. Rings true as depression seems to be in certain families. Anywho if the small intestines are damaged by our immune system because food does not get digested properly, it would be a starting place for me.

stay vertical, david a lubbock tx

[low dose naltrexone] Re: CFS diagnosis question

This could be CFS or it could be a dozen other things, or a mixture of things.I would start with the cheap and easy things to do since your household has children, chronic illness and is probably not rich. The first thing that I would do would be to get back on the LDN. Order it from online, if you cannot get his own prescription. My husband, mother, sister and son all take it because the pills are so cheap and easy to dissolve. Since it can do no harm, the bigger question is, "why not?"Then, I would consider iodine and Vitamin D. We are finding that these two cheap and simple supplements can make a huge difference to anybody who is even slightly mal-nurished or deficient. If not chronic fatigue, I believe that men in particular, are under diagnosed for depression. The great thing is that the LDN can be used exactly for that problem too. The endorphin surge is a good cure for depression and more and more people are using it for that purpose.If he were to start LDN, iodine and vitamin D and then reevaluate where he is, it could give him enough of a boost to start to take better care of himself, and do it with a smile. That is what happened with me. With LDN, I was able to have enough energy to start to really care and then could take on each deficit as I figured out what it was. This included cutting down on gluten and a bunch of other things, but those thoughts are overwhelming until one gets some energy from the LDN first.Good luck and let us know,Franciehttp://LDN-for-MS.com>> Hello,> We are using LDN in my house for my daughter with Hashimoto's. While she has> been taking it, we have all tried it, and my son is now on it (for> undiagnosed issues but related to immune system regulation... we think he> has a chronic viral inflammation of the brain which causes epiliptiform> activity and seizures when he is febrile)> > Anyway, I am still on it. Feeling good.> > My husband was trying some by my insistence for a couple weeks, and then we> ran out and I was waiting on a refill... and once we got the refill we> didn't start him back on it.