April 27th, 2008
Ever notice how susceptible you are to exhaustion and illness, when exposed to something dark or depressing in culture or via some form of media. Lately, I have entered a fairly dark period in my reading and movie watching choices. As a direct result, I have been slightly depressed, and been sleeping a lot more. […]
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March 15th, 2008
First off, I want to thank everyone for the comments on this blog. The comments are an integral part of this blog, the people who comment are just as important to CFS Squared as the writer. I love being part of such a great community!
Now lets get down to business. CFS Squared […]
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February 4th, 2008
So the title of this post, is slightly misleading. I don’t think that there is a magic age where depression stops being an issue for people. However, a study done by Dartmouth and the University of Warwick suggests that depression peaks at the age of 44.
It is said that only in a persons 50’s do most […]
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July 8th, 2007
Long time readers of this blog, know that I do not subscribe to the mystery illness thread. I know how I came to battle CFS. Whether the CFIDS community agrees with me or not, is of no consequence to me.
For those of you who are fairly new to this blog, let me enlighten […]
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May 27th, 2007
How many times, have you heard those words, “snap out of it, already” and known there was nothing you can do. After a completely horrifying day yesterday, followed up by a morning and afternoon of reading extremely supportive comments from wonderful people. I have decided that I absolutely can “snap out of it”.
What […]
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May 9th, 2007
It’s theme day over at the Science and Health Channel of b5 media. This month, Mary Emma and Liz are the gracious hostesses. These lovely gals blog over at Alzheimers Notes. Please go check out their blog for all of the great information surrounding this month’s theme topic. Speaking of this […]
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February 10th, 2007
St. John’s Wort is a popular herbal remedy used to treat depression (among other things). Depression is a common symptom for patients who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia. Of course depression is a factor, who wouldn’t be depressed after feeling so lousy all of the time.
I have no idea what […]
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October 22nd, 2006
The purpose of sunlight and darkness is so we can keep our internal time clock in check. It allows us to be awake during daylight hours, and sleep during the dark ones. If you are at all like me, you have a severely messed up inner clock. I am most alert between […]
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