Whoever came up with this name should be shot. The term 'chronic fatigue' doesn't do
justice to this illness, which is much more akin to late stage AIDS than how you feel after a really hard workout.
CFS is a lot of
fun because
1. doctors think you're full of shit
2. everyone else thinks you're just
lazy
3. no one's bothered to invest in research for a cure, probably because CFS patients are too sick to get out of bed to stage outrageous public funerals, etc.
stuff
people will say to you if you have chronic fatigue syndrome:
"it's all in your head"
"you have mental problems"
"at least you
don't have cancer or anything. you're not going to die." (false.
people with cfs do die. mostly because they kill themselves, but also because they overexert themselves, and their body gives out on them. I myself have very fond memories of being stuck, spread-eagled on my kitchen floor, unable to move).
"but you seem okay"
"let me prescribe you some prozac."
"you need to get off your behind and do something."
Indeed, no condition is a better breeding ground for bitter cynicism towards the rest of the human race that cfs. I get new reasons to
hate people every day!