Hi there ! So my friend is an otherwise healthy young woman of 22 years. she has suffered from depression for a while and has been speaking to her therapist and has been taking anti depressants for more than two years.
Recently she stopped the anti-depressants cold turkey but also before that developed really bad fatigue and inability to do anything she would just lie in bed for days.
Her doctor suggested CFS or chronic fatigue syndrome but that is a last resort diagnosis so me and her other friends are just worried and trying to find out whats going on with her. We are thinking it could be linked to her depression or her stopping the medication but she is adamant that it isnt.
Please just trying to understand if this is psychosomatic ie her mindstate is causing her body to shut down or is it a genuine illness she is experiencing and if so - if there is anything we can do to help.
Recently she stopped the anti-depressants cold turkey but also before that developed really bad fatigue and inability to do anything she would just lie in bed for days.
Her doctor suggested CFS or chronic fatigue syndrome but that is a last resort diagnosis so me and her other friends are just worried and trying to find out whats going on with her. We are thinking it could be linked to her depression or her stopping the medication but she is adamant that it isnt.
Please just trying to understand if this is psychosomatic ie her mindstate is causing her body to shut down or is it a genuine illness she is experiencing and if so - if there is anything we can do to help.
