M.E. and me

Stop Ignoring Us

Posted on 5/16/2010 at 9:08:49 PM

I just read a news article about Sophia Mirza. (Read it here). Sophia died from ME in 2005. This was the first time in the UK that ME was the cause of death.

ME is being ignored. It is being treated with drugs for mental illness’ – indeed I am being treated with antidepressants. I admit it takes away a fair bit of the blues, I know for a fact that if I didn’t take these that I would be in a constant state of dis-pare. As it is, I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it really gets me down. I have forgotten what it feels like to feel well. I spend my days in a darkened room and that isn’t natural, and its enough to make anybody depressed.

Today hasn’t been an overrly great day. I’ve had better but I have had a hell of alot worse. I just felt like i was running on dead batteries and needed to sleep quite alot or just lie down and rest.

ME is being ignored and if it carrys on there will never ever be a cure. If a person injures their spine, they are given the best medical treatment available incase of paralasis. Our spinal chords are inflamed – we get constant pain, headaches, fatigue and sometimes WE CAN’T MOVE. Yet we get no help. How long will the last?

Raise awareness for ME.

{For all those who lost hope and ended their battle, RIP}