LOWDOWN ON RUN DOWN
How to know if you're just tired or chronically fatigued
Feeling a little run down? Maybe you're more than just a little tired. Maybe you—like a million other Americans—suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Want to know more about it, whether you're a caregiver of someone with CFS or the person suffering from it?
Symptoms of CFS include:
1) Consistent fatigue over a period of six months or more
2) Cognitive difficulties, especially those affecting short-term memory and speech
3) Being especially tired after normal exertion
4) Fatigue after sleep
5) Depression
You can find out more about CFS at:
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Dental Association
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
Immunesupport.com
Mayo Clinic
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
National Women's Health Information Center