Goochie

I believe I have read on here before about people who are dealing with M.E. My wife-to-be has been unwell sicne January, and infact lost her £20k+ job as a result of it. Our GP seems unable to help and has even begun to shrug is shoulders when we ask him whats' wrong with her. It has reached the stage now where she is almost scared of going to see the doctor for fear of looking like a hypocondriact (sp?). Having done much research in books, and today on the web into possible causes for her symptoms I found the following describing M.E.

"Muscle symptoms include severe fatigue upon exercise, muscle pain and spasms, influenza-like malaise, clumsiness, poor memory, concentration and balance. Non-refreshing sleep, sore throats, enlarged glands, joint pains, depression."

She has every one of these and nothing more.

If anyone has experience of M.E. diagnosis could you please let me know how long it took to diagnose etc. and if you had similar problems with GP's etc.

Any help greatly appreciated.