Guest guest Posted August 25, 2002 Report Share Posted August 25, 2002 mboulis@... wrote: > I haven't posted in a while---mostly because I was not officially diagnosed > and did not know how to fit in. My GP *thought* I had CFS---well, on August > 9th, I went to the Cleveland Clinic and saw a specialist. He confirmed it---I > *do* have CFS. After going over my chart and history, he has concluded that > the majority of my problems have been from not getting into stage four sleep. > He says if I can get there, my memory and cognitive problems will probably > improve as will the fatigue. > > My question is, has anyone ever heard this before? Yes, they say that is part of the problem is that we don't go into stage 4 sleep very well. They've done experiments with healthy volunteers and made them sleep deprived and the volunteers end up with fibro/cfs like symptoms. I hope your doctor can prescribe something else to help you. Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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