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Saved from a living death. By ESTHER RANTZEN Last updated at 15:34 06 February 2007 For 14 years, Esther Rantzen's daughter Emily had her life destroyed by ME.
Trapped in a wheelchair, wasting away, she wanted to die. Now, thanks to radical "mind over matter" therapy, she's cured herself. Emily sounded so jubilant when she rang me today that my heart lifted as I heard the energy in her voice. For 14 years I have watched her struggling like a fly in a web while the sticky strands of fatigue paralysed her. But the years of illness and disability have taught us both lessons we would rather not have learnt: about trying to keep real hope alive, keeping false hopes at bay and coping in a world that is all too often blind, deaf and uncaring towards disability. My daughter's illness had crept up on us with a seemingly gentle gradualness.
At that time chronic fatigue, ME, was widely derided as "yuppie flu", and I admit that I, too, had thought it was a cranky disorder. Indeed, emotionally Emily was amazingly stalwart. Article-ESteinPsychiatricCFSGuideline05. Pain_scales_eng. Action for M.E. Fatigue and TATT. Synonyms - TATTS, tired all the time syndrome This is an extremely common presentation in General Practice.
The doctor should take a systematic approach, focusing on physical, psychological and social issues with a view to discovering the true aetiology and providing rational treatment or management. Only 20 to 30% of cases will have a discernible physical disease. Up to 50% of cases have a mainly psychological cause, with tiredness as a cardinal feature of depression. Around 75% of cases can be found to be suffering from some form of psychological distress. Risk factors There may be physical illness, mental illness or it may simply be a question of lifestyle. Be purposeful in the direction of your questions, but also give the patient time to talk and to expand. 'Listen to the patient. Do not be afraid to ask the patient, 'What do you think is the cause of the problem? ' Define exactly what is meant by tired or fatigue:Is it shortness of breath on exertion?
Is weight going up or down? Fibromyalgia. The word fibromyalgia means pain (algia) coming from the muscles (my) and fibrous tissues (fibro) such as tendons and ligaments.
Most people with fibromyalgia also have other symptoms in addition to the pains - see below. Therefore, fibromyalgia is sometimes called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). It is a chronic (persistent) condition. Fibromyalgia does not affect the joints, and so is not an arthritis. The cause of fibromyalgia is not known. A current main theory is that people with fibromyalgia have an oversensitivity to pain signals in the brain. Note: the term fibromyalgia has been used for a long time. About 1 in 50 people develop fibromyalgia at some stage. The main symptoms are pains felt in many areas of the body, and tiredness. Pain Pain can occur in any area of the body.
Tiredness Tiredness (fatigue) is common, and is sometimes severe. Various other symptoms have been reported by people with fibromyalgia. A doctor's examination will find tenderness in various parts of the body. GET.gg Free Downloads - CBT Self Help Leaflets & Booklets. Free Downloadable CBT Self-Help Information Leaflets www.STOPP.gg brings you directly to Therapy Worksheets page The following Adobe documents are freely available for you to download for therapy purposes - just click on the picture to open the file (in a new tab/window), then save a copy to your computer.
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