I just looked at the CFIDS website. If I use their criteria, it appears that I do not have CFS. My doctor tells me I do have it.

Where the heck does that leave me??? Any help appreciated.

kiya

Hi there,

I urge you to find a doc who specializes in functional medicine..Maybe an osteopath or chiropractor..Where do you live? What symptoms do you have?

I'm in the UK.

Symptoms:
- tiredness/sleepiness
- excessive sleeping
- cold hands/feet
- general cold intolerance
- ridges across toenails and splitting

Have you looked into food allergies/intolerances? What's your diet like? No meds will help in your case...Start eating from the earth(fruits, veggies, animal protein,) No Gluten, cow's milk dairy, or soy for 6 mos....Try it....I went to many docs before I found out what i was eating was basically killing me....Anymore questions just ask....

I've already looked into the food allergies thing and I don't have any. But thanks for the suggestion.

Ok, how about parasites, fungus, yeast, bacterial infections????I'm just trying to help you...And food intolerances don't always show up on tests...What do you eat??

hi kiya, I found relief from chronic fatigue thru a process of detoxing my body, including parasite cleansing, and now i'm doing colonics to rid my body of the rest of the toxic materials that are in our colons, u sound so much like i did that it is like reading about myself,my cold hands and feet were caused by raynaud syndrome, but since i have been on powdered magnesium(only 4 weeks now) i have seen a dramatic drop in that area.i'm still not a 100 per cent well but far better than i ever dreamed i could be again. people mistakenly believe in america that we are somehow immune to parasites, but they couldn't be farther from the truth. if u want to e-mail me i will tell u the 3 simple herbs i used to rid myself and husband of parasites. i'm not printing it on here lest i be accused of advocating something which is absurd all we all want is relief and our health to return


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thomas is totally correct about the tests, also you have some vitamin and mineral defiencies, biotin(brewers yeast) and the omega 3 and 6 fatty acids help the nails skin and hair and too many others things to list,. liquid flaxseed oil is the best way to get the omega acids, we do not get enough vitamins and minerals by the fda standards, the encyclopedia of nutritional supplements and encyclopedia of natural medicine are 2 excellant books that have really helped me and u may be able to get them at your local library, however if your colon isn't functioning properly u will not get the full benefits of the supplements, hope this info helps

I'm in the UK.

Symptoms:
- tiredness/sleepiness
- excessive sleeping
- cold hands/feet
- general cold intolerance
- ridges across toenails and splitting

Have you checked out Hypothyroidism? Take a gander at the Thyroid board here.

Thank you all for your replies. Definately some things to bear in mind.

peregrine - thanks, yes I've posted there. I have a slight swelling in my neck now which the consultant thought could be goitre, so it may be hypothyroidism after all.

Thank you all for your replies. Definately some things to bear in mind.

peregrine - thanks, yes I've posted there. I have a slight swelling in my neck now which the consultant thought could be goitre, so it may be hypothyroidism after all.

If you have a goiter you might have hashimotos as well. Glad you are sleuting further.