So quick backstory, 4 months ago I got diagnosed with post viral fatigue, to this day im still not sure what virus it was or how this happened, I went from running long distance, mountaineering an rock climbing week in week out to full stop nothing( by choice), my symptoms have never been anything horrible, I wouldn’t go as far to say i have cfs, but this definitely could develop towards that way and has been, I get bad heart palpitations, anxiety, shortness of breath, tight chest and just a super elevated nervous system all the time, and in the last 4 months it’s very slowly trended worse and worse.
Ive been off work since and have tried remedies such as full rest, Levine protocol( cardio rehabilitation program), completely putting down the smart watch( I’ve always been a mega statistic enthusiast and always monitored my hr and health metrics, so has been stressful looking at it all the time being way out of its baseline), and in general trying to forget about it and enjoy myself. So far I’ve had spouts of recovery with then crash at somepoint.
From reading some of the recovery stories on here I’m lucky enough to say I have symptoms nowhere near the degree of most coping with severe cfs, but never less I don’t want to get there. My next plan is to go down the route of the mind body relation and try to accept what I have and understand it better by looking into the books of john sarno and other related people.
I’m generally a positive person and find it easy to keep motivated but sometimes this has broke me like nothing else I’ve never had to deal with, I’m 20 years old and my life was health and fitness that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do I loved pushing myself and doing unbelievable physical achievements but now I can’t do anything. I’m able to walk and socialise and things and even on some of my heaviest days with over 20-30k steps I’ve seen recovery, so I do believe it’s a mindset thing it’s just incredibly hard to make that mental adjustment.
Any tips appreciated