Hi, long time sine I posted. I just wanted to say that I had every diagnosis of cfs or fibromyalgia or both. I was ready to go the GP and tell her it all, I’d read up on both and diagnosed myself, this was it , this was me. Then Corona struck so I couldn’t go..... in that time of Coronavirus my anxiety/ tiredness was the best it had ever been. I slept better than ever, was no longer tired. My depression lifted!!’ And why? Because nothing as major as Corona could even get close to the trauma of my life. Everyone was going through major anxiety and I was just like - what, what’s the issue, it’s not so bad..... quite common in serious trauma cases I’m told.... my CFS and Fibromyalgia symptoms literally disappeared at the start of Corona, which just shows my symptoms are anxiety related and makes me question. If I’d gone to the GP and told her my symptoms I’m sure she would have agreed that my diagnosis was correct, written me off, given me a load of pills and I would have gone home claiming to the world how unwell I was. But, something as in Corona changed my ‘mindset’ and I thought no, I don’t have that, yes I’m tired, exhausted and have cptsd, but I’ve labelled myself and probably would have convinced my GP I had what I didn’t therefore sunk into a depression of illness that I didn’t actually have. ....... just a real eye opener for me that although I had the symptoms at that time, my cptsd/anxiety was actually all I need as my diagnosis and the rest I believe was placebo and believing as I had the symptoms of cfs and fibromyalgia then that’s what I had.... I’m sure I could have labelled myself with more too, but those diagnoses can set you up for life, it was a lesson for me well learnt that just go with what you’ve got and let it be part of cptsd, you dont need anymore diagnoses to your name, you don’t need another illness under your belt. Think carefully before you think what you might not have..............
