Ben.D

Thanks everyone for your thoughtful and informative responses! To answer the diet question... I was vegetarian for about 4 years leading up to my first symptoms, and after struggling for a couple years, I reintroduced meat, hoping that additional protein would help give me energy and allow me to do strenuous work without symptoms. I've eaten meat ever...

6-7 years ago, my energy started to decline and general fatigue set in. (I was only in my mid-20s) It worsened until I found that anytime I did something strenuous, the following day I would have a terrible brain fog headache and fatigue. Working a physical job was not possible. Since I had zero digestive symptoms, it took me a long time to finally try going...