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.

Perhaps 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 make 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 describe whole process of going through psychotherapy as "reading a fascinating book" - where 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).

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

Many people around world are dying of heart disease and stroke every day. There has been extensive research done to determine 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 be ultimate demon to our bodies.

High cholesterol levels can block all major arteries in heart, which means heart will eventually stop beating, if blood is unable to flow freely throughout body. We are what we eat, what we put into our bodies can determine outcome of what our bodies can do for us. If we feed our body junk, it will slowly deteriorate and turn into junk from inside out.