I was diagnosed with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia 5 months ago in March, and I am now at the point where I can no longer work and may not be able to finish my post-grad. This was after years of tests and trying to find answers. However, my doctor knows nothing about ME/CFS, and it seems there are hardly any doctors in Canada that do. I've been doing as much research as I can, but I'm not a doctor.
In the United States alone, ME/CFS is estimated to affect up to 3.1 million people, and generates direct and indirect expenses of approximately $36 billion to $51 billion annually, according to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Women are affected about two to three times as often as men. Although the illness is most common in people 25 to 45 years old, ME/CFS can attack people of all age groups, including children. (Harvard study here).
Please help!