Hi...how have u been doing?....I have 2 links to deff of what each is.....I hope it helps answer ur ?
http://www.fibrofactpage.com/definitions1.html
http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/cfsdefinition.htmhttp
"selma"
I'm sorry to hear about your CFS diagnosis. If you have CFS... you are going to be having constant flu-like symptoms, unrefreshing sleep, exhaustion and fatigue is going to be a major complaint.
I hope that you will check out our Health Pages on CFS (look to the upper right hand corner of your screen).
So how is your physician treating you ?
This is my understand about the differences, in a simplified manner:
With CFS the largest complaint is debilitating fatigue; with FMS the largest complaint is with muscle pain. If you have complaints with both, then I can understand your physician giving you the dx. Most people who have either of these also have a multitude of overlapping conditions and symtoms.
They do not know what causes either, but it is thought to be induced by a virus, or with fibro, a traumatic experience.
I'm sorry that you have this dx. We do understand what you are experiencing and the challenges it presents.
Please take care.
**I so need spellcheck, lol. Understanding is what I meant to state in the first line.**