There is no such thing as a standard treatment that will fit all CFS patients or even the same CFS patient at a different stage in their glandular progress. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not treated very successfully by those who are not willing to devote most of their healing efforts to the care of these neglected souls. O ur basic treatment for CFS is three fold. First , we must do whatever is necessary to minimize the stress in the life of the CFS patient. Toward this end, the physician must always remember that stress is often not so much what happens to an individual but how they perceive that happening.
Stresses can be physical, mental or emotional.
Usually, physical stress is the least harmful and emotional the worst. In a severe advanced condition, the patient may even find it difficult to do the most essential daily tasks. The simple task of brushing one's teeth may create sufficient stress to force a CFS patient to rest for hours. In the most severe cases, the patient may become totally bedridden. The obvious goal of a wise physician is to control a CFS patient's stress level early on so that they do not reach these levels of severity.