Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Are you Struggling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)?

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a long-term illness with a wide range of symptoms. The most common symptom is extreme tiredness.

CFS is also known as ME, which stands for myalgic encephalomyelitis. Many people refer to the condition as CFS/ME.

CFS/ME can affect anyone, including children. It’s more common in women and tends to develop between your mid-20s and mid-40s.

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What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), is a long-term illness that causes severe fatigue and makes it difficult to engage in daily activities. Symptoms may include extreme tiredness that doesn’t improve with rest, difficulty concentrating or thinking, dizziness, pain (especially in the muscles, joints, or neck), headaches, sore throat, tender lymph nodes in the neck or armpits and sensitivity to light, sound, smells, food, and medicines.

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When to seek treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Signs that you should consider seeking treatment:
You are extremely tired, and this is not caused by over-exertion and is not eased by rest.
- Your tiredness is starting to affect your day-to-day life and making daily tasks challenging.
You struggle with your memory, concentration or generally feeling that your brain feels ‘foggy’ or find it hard to organise your thoughts.
You experience unexplained muscle pains, sleeping difficulties, and feel disorientated /struggle with their attention span.
The tiredness appears to be coming out of nowhere – for example, it isn’t being accompanied by a very low mood or a lack of motivation or enjoyment (which might suggest it could be related to depression).
What do Onebright offer?
We offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for CFS, as there is evidence to suggest it can be of support in terms of reducing symptoms and improving both daily functioning and quality of life.
Benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is an evidence based, goal-oriented and collaborative psychological therapy approach that focuses on understanding the past and present connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours (termed the ‘formulation’). It also offers powerful tools, strategies, and techniques to identify, challenge and reframe unhelpful thought patterns and associated feelings and behaviours, helping to significantly improve mental health and quality of life.
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Onebright's client liaison team are available Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm (excluding bank holidays).
You must be aged 18 years or above to access our therapy services.