I had one of my 'best' friends tell me suddenly 2 weeks ago that I was a complete pain to everyone around me, and she didn't want to see me anymore as I was too draining and depressing for her, and we didn't have anything in common anymore. It hurt a lot. I can't believe she would have done it if I'd had cancer or a brain tumour. I hate this CFS label - it implies that we're just a little bit tired all the time. It doesn't begin to cover the trashed sleep, constant fluey feeling, depression, shakiness, hypoglycemia and utter misery. And that's CFS - don't even bother talking about mercury toxicity. I don't have many friends left now, so I;m trying not to talk anymore about mercury. I;m bored rigid of it as well, but I have to live with it every day. It helps to share here.