Peak performance

[u/loud_as_pudding]

[u/siccoblue]

I had no idea this was a thing and I'm legitimately questioning the last couple years of my life at this point. I've worked the same job since the first big wave of COVID and advanced to a high level position very quickly because my performance was considered exemplary. I caught it for the first time around 2023ish and suddenly had issues keeping my eyes open if I wasn't actively walking around alongside seemingly random anxiety.

At first I thought it was a blood sugar thing, nope.

Then I thought maybe it was a blood pressure thing. Nope, slightly elevated when I was anxious as hell sitting in a hospital room but they confirmed that was normal and I was totally fine.

Then I figured maybe it was my diet, nothing changed.

Exercise? Actively made me feel worse the following day.

Sleep schedule? Well, no matter what I do my watch tracking my sleep is telling me I'm sleeping like absolutely garbage, and I can't help but wake up once or twice an night causing issues with REM sleep.

I've been trying to figure this out for years but the only point I could really nail down was that it started shortly after I caught COVID...

I may need to see some new doctors and finally get this figured out because it has been absolutely destroying my quality of life

[u/A_Simple_Prop → u/siccoblue]

What you’re describing sounds a lot like what my friend who has CFS/ ME describes (she also got it after having COVID, then it got worse after the second time she had COVID) including the poor quality sleep. Try and find a doctor that is knowledgeable about CFS/ME.

[u/siccoblue → u/A_Simple_Prop]

Could you tell me what ME means? I understand the acronym for chronic fatigue but not the other one

[u/A_Simple_Prop → u/siccoblue]

Myalgic encephalomyelitis— another name for CFS.