Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Depression Are Not The Same Thing!

Written by Claire Williams


Copyright, Claire Williams, 2004. All Rights Reserved.

You may have noticed that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome /M.E. /Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome is a very misunderstood illness...

...and this is perhaps why there are so many myths about it.

Perhapsrepparttar most common myth about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is that it is effectively a mental condition, and another name for depression.

But these two conditions are very different!

And when you label a condition incorrectly it can cause no end of problems when trying to diagnose and treat it. So it's extremely important to makerepparttar 114900 distinction between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome /M.E. /Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome and depression - because they are completely different illnesses.

Depression can be a **symptom** of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but there are many Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers out there who do **not** suffer from depression at all.

I, for example, used to suffer from depression when I was first diagnosed with Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/M.E.), but now I (thankfully) don't have depression anymore.

--------SIDE NOTE-------- My recovery from depression (whilst I had PVFS) was down to having psychotherapy. And I can safely say that it's THE BEST thing I've ever done.

If you're depressed, then I urgently recommend that you try a talking therapy of some sort.

I'd personally describerepparttar 114901 whole process of going through psychotherapy as "reading a fascinating book" - whererepparttar 114902 topic is on 'yourself'.

To find out what it's like to go through psychotherapy /counselling, visit:

http://www.sleepydust.net/psychotherapy

If you're housebound, or just want to conserve your energy and don't want to travel to see a therapist, then why not try online counselling?

There are services out there that can give you counselling sessions via telephone, via email, or via 'Instant Messaging' (real-time chat sessions on your computer, where you type instead of talk).

--------SIDE NOTE--------

There are other differences between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome /Fibromyalgia and depression...

Research has shown that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers have an abnormality in their 'deep sleep' brainwave patterns. But, depression sufferers do not have this abnormality!

We Are What We Eat

Written by Kristin Parker


We Are What We Eat

Many people aroundrepparttar world are dying of heart disease and stroke every day. There has been extensive research done to determinerepparttar 114899 cause of these health problems, among hereditary factors, and environmental issues, one major contributing factor, which can be controlled, is what we eat. Food can berepparttar 114900 ultimate demon to our bodies.

High cholesterol levels can block allrepparttar 114901 major arteries inrepparttar 114902 heart, which meansrepparttar 114903 heart will eventually stop beating, if blood is unable to flow freely throughoutrepparttar 114904 body. We are what we eat, what we put into our bodies can determinerepparttar 114905 outcome of what our bodies can do for us. If we feed our body junk, it will slowly deteriorate and turn into junk fromrepparttar 114906 inside out.

Those many trips throughrepparttar 114907 drive thru aren’t doing your body any good. Don’t believe me? Try a fatty diet for a month and your body will deteriorate. That food can do some serious damage to you. You will feel more tired allrepparttar 114908 time, you will crave it, to make you want more, and it will make you very irritable. A fatty diet for a month can’t compare to a lifetime of one, those arteries can take years to clog up, and once they do, you’re in trouble.

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