How to increase energy in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is, of course, the 50
million dollar question. None of the protocols below purport to return ME/CFS patients
to their former energy levels. What they may be able to do - in some patients -
is increase it.
Energy
Drugs
Alternative Treatments
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Fighting fatigue is not simple or one dimensional and it's causes in chronic
fatigue syndrome (and elsewhere) are still a mystery. Is it due to central nervous
system problems or undiagnosed and untreated infections, or problems with the mitochondria,
or circulation or or...sometimes the list seems to go on and on.
Given the range of possibilities its not surprising that the different treatments
described below attack different problems. While the stimulants, for instance, assist
the brain in more effectively utilizing the information presented to it, many of
the alternative treatments focus on one or another aspect of mitochondrial functioning.
Other approaches (not described below) involve getting better sleep, staying within
ones energy envelope and slowly enlarging it, and retraining the mind to avoid stressful
thoughts and feelings that deplete an already overworked stress response system.
Each of these may effective in different patients.
To check out cellular energy boosters and pharmaceutical drugs against fatigue click
on the links below.
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(The Phoenix Rising website is created by a layman. It is not a substitute for a
physician and is for informational uses only. Please discuss any treatments in these
pages with your physician.)