fluffy rambles: ME/CFS + Fibromyalgia

At this point it is super clear that I probably have ME/CFS. This has not been determined by a doctor (not for lack of trying!), but by a lifetime of experience and the fact that the issues I have match the profile pretty much exactly. I’d be tempted to blame the bad case of COVID I got back in 2024 but the precursors were there for a long, long time, so if COVID did anything it was just to push me over an edge I had been approaching for a while.Here are some of the signs that are now obvious in retrospect: Post-exertional malaise; this is the hallmark symptom of ME/CFS and while I didn’t start experiencing it until a couple years ago, this majorly affects my life these days Alcohol intolerance; even at my peak consumption ability, having more than a couple drinks would make me feel like I was dying, and nowadays having even just a little bit gives me a big pain flareup Vertigo, especially during exertion and anxiety Anxiety in general, which I’d always had to an extent but it got…