Jackal
Reged: 08/09/2008
Posts: 1
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Has anyone any experience of Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome or ME as it is sometimes called. I have been diagnosed with this following pneumonia earlier this year and having been a very active racing cyclist it is somewhat frustrating having to sit at home with little or no exercise - still I guess I get to watch the Vuelta.
Any help or advice would be appreciated - I did see an article in this magazine earlier this year but do you think I can find it!! Thanks.
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crymble
Reged: 01/10/2007
Posts: 100
Loc: Belfast
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Hope you get through it okay.
I had what was dignosed as gladular fever when I was 17 (which was a nightmare as I was due to compete in the world skiing champs a few weeks later!) It also came back when at university (even though you are only meant to have it once...)
I found that patience was the only thing that worked for me, it was very odd, I would set out feeling absolutely fine and then just get hit with the bonk after about 15-30min. But one day it just went and I felt fine again. It did take a few months to go and for years I have felt that I need more sleep than most, but in general I did make a full recovery.
Now my 5p's worth for you.
In my opinion the worst thing to do would be just to sit down and try to sit it out. Not only will you get really unfit, but you won't know when it is passing as you will be so lathargic from doing nothing. So try to keep as active as you can be, but just make sure you are not too far from home that you can't get back there with the bonk.
You will get through it, just stay positive.
K
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Bear
Reged: 01/02/2007
Posts: 148
Loc: Bakewell
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Sorry to here that Jackel, are you on any type of medication? A mate of mine had a similar experience and they gave him Prozac! The doctor told me I had moderatly sever depression and gave me the same tablets. In my experience taking the tablets made me worse. Sitting it out didn't help either. I came off the tablets and got back on my bike. I only did what I could even if it was 20 minuets. By doing that I could monitor my recovery, which was rapid compared to tablets, which was backwards.
Try not to compare your health now with before, do what Doc Hutch said, take your worst day and use that as the benchmark for improvement.
Another of my mates is out with a broken back so I think of him and his back brace when the going gets tough.
All the best,
Bear
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drawkrb
Reged: 16/01/2008
Posts: 189
Loc: chesterfield,derbyshire
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have to agree with others on here i had bad chest infection in jan which left me with eratic heart rate, took it very steady for 3 months building up very slowly it was very hard to stop myself from trying hard but it worked my normal 28 miles with a lot of climbing i can now do in 2 hours 7min which is 20min faster than last year.i still stop myself from pushing to hard exept for the short steepest bits.
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stu99
Reged: 11/08/2007
Posts: 8
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Over-training is obviously not the cause of your PVFS but there may be some useful info in these links:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/309/6952/465
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0358.htm
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manco
Reged: 10/06/2009
Posts: 1
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I have experienced post viral fatigue syndrome and know what you are going through. Everybody is different, regarding recovery, but I found the best way was to train but not too hard for about 12 months and eat heathily. Be very carefull though because I had a much worse relapse about 18 years after the first bout after pushing things too hard and becoming stressed out. Be positive and do not get too stressed about things !
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InMyKip
Reged: 05/06/2009
Posts: 4
Loc: Inverclyde
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I had post viral fatigue about 15 years ago, it appeared shortly after an accident and then an infection, whether the fatigue was related to the accident or infection I don't know. I tried starting back too soon and found each time I did cycle the fatigue effects were extremely dibilitating I therefore ended up taking a year off cycling and exercise of any sort. When I eventually did start back it was very slowly and very small steps. I'd agree with others about eating, sleeping and thinking healthy. There is no quick fix and no one size fits all recovery process from PVF, it's very much suck it and see what works for you, but others have had it and have recovered from it and got back to cycling so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
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