As the world began to lockdown, I fell ill in the first week of April, hit with a huge wave of extreme exhaustion. I spent five weeks barely leaving my bed with fluctuating symptoms: breathing issues and muscle pains, sore throats, and headaches, all underpinned by constant severe fatigue…

The programme has enabled me to get out of the mess I was in in my head. I was in a place of a sense of no worth, no purpose and with all hope vanished of being able to have a life, never mind work. I was in a hole, feeling angry and frustrated…

I honestly can't think of anything that could have been better. The support I received was helpful in so many ways.

I'm now able to manage work better (I'm off sick less and feel I'm achieving something) and, most importantly to me, the time I spend with my children is much better quality.

It started with a bad case of flu in Dec 2017. I'd moved down south for a new and demanding job and had been doing a lot of travelling. I was enjoying the new role and life but was certainly ready for the Christmas break and had for some time been having trouble sleeping.

Having direct access to and support of a highly experienced real subject matter expert was very supportive. I am a senior medical doctor and having acquired a large amount of knowledge in nearly 20 years of living with CFS, I have only ever met two people who know more about my condition than I do (and that includes so called specialists).

The NHS had nothing to offer, luckily our GP had heard of Vitality360 and suggested we contact them (privately). The diagnosis kept changing but the symptoms were always the same, so a diagnosis was irrelevant. Vitality 360 were a guiding beacon at a very isolated, confusing time; somehow we never felt desperate, just confused, with nowhere to turn to, until we met Vitality360 expert clinician, Charlie.

I began working with Vitality360 about 14 months ago and the improvement I’ve made in that period, especially on the physical side, is significant.

Final year was always going to be difficult, but when I was diagnosed with Post-Viral Fatigue, these difficulties took on a whole new form. Rather than studying in the few hours I had between lectures, fitness classes and hockey sessions, I found I had hit a brick wall and found myself too drained, exhausted and dizzy to contemplate getting out of bed.

CFS/ME recovery case story - Getting back to work, completing a 5K run and having a healthy pregnancy.

I have worked with Vitality360 on a Graded Exercise programme over a period of 6 months. I have increased exercise from 6 minutes to 26 minutes 5 days a week.