NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/alt/med/cfs/76

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Newsgroups: alt.med.cfs
Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!umassd.edu!nic.umass.edu!noc.near.net!mv!world!jkenton
From: [e-mail] (Jeff Kenton)
Subject: Re: (no subject given)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Kenton Systems Corporation, Weston MA
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:30:22 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Duncan Peter G. Thornton) writes:
..
.. I used Restoril sometimes to help me sleep, and Imipramine helped both
.. the depression and (a little) the fatigue for about a year, but nothing
.. has come close to making me better - though I want to plug a _careful_
.. program of exercise yet again. The fitter I've become, the better I'm
.. able to cope with CFS both physically and emotionally. It doesn't make
.. you better, but just like healthy people, being fit helps you be more
.. energetic and use the energy you have more fully.
..

It doesn't cure you.  But, since some recent studies have indicated
impaired blood flow in the brain ("microcirculation") some exercise
may make you "better" in some sense.


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