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How you feel mentally and emotionally is closely linked with fatigue, energy and vitality and how treatment of these symptoms is addressed. In any chronic illness, the immune system can be affected by stress. This can lead to a vicious cycle where stress can exacerbate the illness, and can therefore become a significant factor in the management of the illness.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
The causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), are relatively unknown although it often follows an infection. Diagnosis tends not to take place until other possibilities have been ruled out.
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Fibromyaligia Syndrome (FMS)
Fibromyalgia Syndrome – FMS (also called ME, fibrositis or fibromyositis) is a syndrome that causes chronic, sometimes debilitating muscle pain and fatigue. FMS can often be similar to the pain that is experienced by people who have arthritis although the joints are not affected. FMS affects mostly women, between the ages of 35 to 60 years, however, it can also affect children.
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Insomnia and Sleep Difficulties
An estimated one third of Australians suffer from some form of insomnia. Depression and sleep difficulties go hand-in-hand. As many as eighty-five per cent of people with depression have some sleeping difficulties, and research has shown that persistent insomnia can also cause depression, and relapses in people who have had depression in the past.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 December 2008 )
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