Most of my patients present to me wanting help with their mental health, particularly anxiety. But as a naturopath trained to uncover the unique root causes beneath someone’s symptoms, I end up helping with all sorts of connected issues, from gut, to thyroid to hormones and more. Two similar and often overlapping conditions that can manifest with anxiety (and depression) are fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

These poor patients are going through A LOT…both experience symptoms such as pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, exercise intolerance, cognitive difficulties and general unwellness, whereas FM is characterised by severe widespread muscle pain and CFS often has severe fatigue, brain fog, lymph node swelling and sore throat.… Keep reading...