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Can chronic fatigue type syndrome that only effects you mentally, not physically? I have zero energy to do things that take mental energy unless I take ADD meds and even then it is a struggle. But doing things physically I have no problems. Like to the point I would rather walk a mile somewhere than figure out how to buy a bus ticket in an unfamiliar city.



Mental and physical aren't separate. Your brain is part of your body.


> Like to the point I would rather walk a mile somewhere than figure out how to buy a bus ticket in an unfamiliar city.

Sounds like textbook ADHD. Walking a mile is a straightforward task with a known outcome and predictable risk/reward scheme. Figuring out bus ticketing is a novel challenge requiring a certain amount of executive thinking, planning ahead, holding multiple things in working memory, all things which can feel aversive to the ADHD brain.


That just sounds like ADHD


That sounds like depression.




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