Central nervous system fatigue (overtrained)

Does anyone have any advice? Has anybody else dealt with this? Hhow severe is it?

Sounds like you have fibromyalgia or lyme disease or something else hysteria related

I’ve never been diagnosed With fibromyalgia (in fact my doctor ruled it out) telling me that Fibromyalgia is primarily caused by inflammation and all of my inflammation were fine when I had a blood test. I have a 3female friends (they are all overweight mom’s in their 30-40s) with fibromyalgia and they are in pain all the time. I am not.

Not sure about Lyme though. But I trust the decision my chiropractor has made (mostly because my doctor agrees) in a CNS fatigue diagnosis being my problem. I did ask about how I should approach taking some time off running, whether it be complete rest, half my milage With only easy runs and also how long I should tone it down for. My doctor is not a runner and told me she didn’t know and that I had to go by feel.

I am a bit lost in what to do. I want to train but I do not want to make myself worse or even handicapped, I always hear about those runners who train ard and never fully recover years after.

Inflammation markers* that should say. Including CRP.

run easy and not more than 45 min until your legs tell you, they would love to run fast. easy strides 60-80 m are ok, too. it may take a couple of weeks. then test with easy interval session or one medium paced run for one hour whether your legs will close feeling still very strong. if feel tired go back to short easy running and strides.

Went thru a bout of overtraining when I was 45. I was really pushing it with too many miles and too many hard days in a week. (Was averaging over 85 mpw during this time). Had some of the same symptoms. I would fall asleep fast but wake up an hour or so later and feel like I drank a cup of coffee. Legs sore/achy. Calf muscles were twitching a lot.

Took a few down weeks and then tried again. Would simply go right back to the way I felt. Saw many doctors, had advanced blood work, tested for every thing you can imagine.

For me, it was a combination of stuff hitting all at once.

I was eating poorly

I was stressed at work

I was running higher mileage than normal

My blood work showed normal but I was on the low end of B12, iron and Vit D.

I was dehydrated (pay attention to this one as it can cause lots of symptoms)

I ended up taking almost a full year off of running. While I missed it terribly, I started to like sleeping in!!! I slowly started riding my bike and then adding in some runs. I started back VERY cautiously. 1 -2 miles per run, 2-3 days a week and slowly progressed back to a normal week (50-60 mpw)

Taking the supplements, I feel helped, but it took a few months to notice the difference. I started to drink way more water than I used to and now keep my daily intake up.

It's a b!tch but you have to take care of yourself...

Sub16fail wrote:

I have insomnia, I have started to develop sensory problems (sensitivity to sounds, sunlight, etc)....

I was told by the chiropractor that I had Central Nervous System fatigue. How long does it take to recover? Is it a matter of days, weeks, months?

I am no doctor, but I have read that extreme sensitivity to sunlight is a symptom of central nervous system fatigue. I have personally experienced this, after over training in the sprints. Of course my training was swimming, but it’s all for fatigue to the body.

Do what your doctor says. I simply had to rest.

Of course a chiropractor is going to tell you it's CNS, how else do you think he makes his green.

Mikeh33 wrote:

Sub16fail wrote:

I have insomnia, I have started to develop sensory problems (sensitivity to sounds, sunlight, etc)....

I was told by the chiropractor that I had Central Nervous System fatigue. How long does it take to recover? Is it a matter of days, weeks, months?

I am no doctor, but I have read that extreme sensitivity to sunlight is a symptom of central nervous system fatigue. I have personally experienced this, after over training in the sprints. Of course my training was swimming, but it’s all for fatigue to the body.

Do what your doctor says. I simply had to rest.

My only enjoyment is running, I am really uncomfortable taking any sort of long break. I use this sport to manage my ADHD (which I was diagnosed with at age 8). If I have to take a long break I am going to find it extremely hard. How long exactly did you have to rest for before getting back to normal?

Quackers wrote:

Of course a chiropractor is going to tell you it's CNS, how else do you think he makes his green.

I’m well aware of the skepticism and if it was just the opinion of the chiropractor alone I probably wouldn’t take as much note but the fact my doctor, a qualified professional agrees is enough for me to believe.

Yeah sounds like overtraining to me. I got it in march recovered beginning of june, ramped it up too fast and relapsed in august.

But the one thing I can tell you is that you will know when you can run again. You will feel it.

Do nothing in the mean time and sleep a lot and eat well. Maybe yoga and other relaxation things can help recalibrate the parasympathetic/sympathetic balance. Some people say CBD does help too but I would argue it is just adding stress to the system.

More or less all you need to know.. a few months rest and you should be back enjoying running..