SYMPTOM PROGRESS

Sufferers of this illness are overwhelmed with fatigue and muscular weakness, particularly after moderate exercise. They find themselves lethargic and unable to concentrate. Their mood swings like it never did before, they are irritable and encounter sleep pattern disorders. They shiver one minute and sweat profusely the next. Their muscles ache and are sore to touch. They feel as if they have a permanent 'flu.

Headaches, joint pains, bowel problems, sore throats and swollen glands also occur, along with many other bewildering symptoms. They want to get up and go, but are frustrated to find the body unable to respond. Any exertion, whether physical or mental, will most assuredly worsen the symptoms. Thus, any effort exerted towards regaining a normal life is punished, without mercy, by an aggravation of the very symptoms from which they seek escape.