My Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Recovery Story (4 years to 110% recovered!)

This is my personal recovery story from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/post-viral syndrome.

You'll learn what changed once I found the right medical team, the physiological interventions that ended up helping, how I approached the "nervous system regulation" side of recovery, and how I stayed motivated throughout my four years of recovery.

SUMMARY:
🥝1. Physical Interventions:
Mould Illness (treated with activated charcoal)
Severe Iodine Deficiency (treated with supplementation)
Gut Healing Protocol (lots of different supplements over many months)
FODMAP diet (identified intolerance to garlic/onion)

🧘‍♀️2. Nervous System 'Toolkit':
Why 'nervous system regulation'?:    • What root cause can explain all the s...  
Insight Timer (free meditation app), my go-to meditations for symptom flare-ups:
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1 Giant Mind (free app - 20 minutes morning and afternoon): https://www.1giantmind.com/learn-to-m...
Mindfulness meditations in ANS Rewire (40 minutes daily): https://ansrewire.com/
Somatic Experiencing (free taster): https://insig.ht/ZfyWfOFgSCb
Gut hypnotherapy (6-week course): https://try.nervaibs.com/

💪3 Motivation Strategies:
Not breaking the chain: https://todoist.com/inspiration/dont-...
Recovery Stories:    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Recovery Sto...  
Reaching out to my network

⌚TIMESTAMPS:
0:38 - The non-linear nature of my recovery
1:15 - The '3-factors' needed to crack the code
2:00 - How my CFS diagnosis came about and what the early days were like
2:47 - What symptoms I was experiencing at the time
3:28 - How chronic fatigue affected my work/life
3:42 - My experience with the medical system
4:11 - The Functional Medicine Approach and supplementation
5:02 - How I found the right medical team
5:44 - Melbourne Functional Medicine and how their approach to CFS
6:32 - What they discovered and interventions that helped
07:58 - My Nervous System 'Toolkit'/Resources
12:22 - The 3 key factors that helped me stay motivated
15:33 - My health and energy levels today

💻EXTRA LINKS:
ANS Rewire by Dan Neuffer: https://ansrewire.com/
Honor Eastly: Big Feels Club Podcast Episode on Chronic Fatigue: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0viw...
Big Feels Club: https://www.bigfeels.club/
Kristin Dainis Book "When Doctors Say You're Fine" (download first three chapters for free): https://kristindainis.com/
Irene Lyon YouTube Channel:    / @irenelyon  
Melbourne Functional Medicine: https://mfm.au/

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🩺MEDICAL DISCLAIMER:
This video is for informational purposes only, it is not intended to substitute diagnosis, treatment, or advice from your medical professionals.

⚡AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER
I am not an affiliate for any of the resources mentioned in the video.