Struggling with ME

[Tallypop]

Hi
I'm at uni at the moment, your symptoms are almost identical to mine, I also began to recover a bit over Christmas, I'm back at uni now. In fact I just woke up, everyone else in my house has been up for hours, probably going into uni, which at the moment I tend not to do if I can help it (on-line resources keep me up to date). Its not fair that I miss every party, or that I can't enjoy food because I feel so sick all the time, but the positive that I think of is that their are people who would rather have PVF/ME than the condition they have (I know a few), we can and will get better some people with other illnesses don't.

Its easier at home, I know that, you don't feel as bad because you can't see everything your missing out on. My goal is to finish Uni with at least a 2.1, all my effort and energy is going into my course, then I'm going to go home, rest and get well. I'm determined, I have my whole life ahead of me, this is just something I will look back on in 5 years time and think how different it is to my life now.

I take a pro-biotic, you can get it from Holland and Barrett, that helps the abdominal pain I think, as does "Fybogel", I find my stomach doesn't like allot of wheat at the moment, so I switched to refined wheat, not whole wheat, that helped as well. I get allot of my vitamins online its cheaper. I also found writing a diary of my symptoms helps, as today I don't feel as sick as yesterday, but tomorrow I may feel worse, looking back shows me that I can see some improvements.

Just think when you finish uni you can go home and recover, however if you don't think you can manage uni it might be worth considering going home and taking a year out. Its a tough decision, I almost dropped out but I'm just about coping <img src="images/smilies/smile.gif" border=0 />. I am still considering anti-depressants just to try and keep me more level, I don't suffer with depression but this illness sure makes me depressed at times.

Take care x

[Kevin]

Dear Tallypop
I hope your feeling better. a year out might be a good idea.

Since I was diagnosed with M.E. I've discovered that magnesium citrate and zinc supplements work wonders, and the magnesium really helps with anxiety, in fact if you research magnesium deficiency it has all the symptoms of M.E.

I hope this helps, all the best and good luck at uni

Regards
Kevin