CFIDS - Get Diagnosed

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Consult this checklist from the centers for disease control (cdc) to determine whether you may have chronic fatigue syndrome:

1. Clinically evaluated, unexplained persistent or relapsing chronic fatigue that:

• is of new or definite onset (meaning, not lifelong);
• is not the result of ongoing exertion;
• is not substantially alleviated by rest;
• results in substantial reduction in previous levels of occupational, educational, social, or personal activities.

2. The concurrent occurrence of four or more of the following symptoms:

• substantial impairment in short-term memory or concentration;
• sore throat;
• tender lymph nodes;
• muscle pain;
• multi-joint pain without joint swelling or redness;
• headaches of a new type, pattern, or severity;
• unrefreshing sleep;
• post-exertional malaise lasting more than 24 hours.

These symptoms must have persisted or recurred during six or more consecutive months of illness and must not have pre-dated the fatigue.