Aside from the better known manifestations of Classical EDS I am wondering how many of you also suffer ongoing/lingering fatigue. It plagues me and I am unsure how much of it is EDS related. Any thoughts?

Hi I have a soft type of EDS and don't feel fatigue. Are you sure it is due to EDS? J

Adenardi: Do you also have a related bleeding disorder? Fatigue had been a big challenge for me, w EDS 3, but I also had a related disorder--we haven't confirmed but it may be von Willebrand's. Iron levels were way too low and correcting that helped immensely with the fatigue. With lousy collagen, it can be hard to form clots which proves to be a big problem for many women w EDS. So you don't have to have EDS IV to land up w bleeding issues. If it is not a bleeding related fatigue, I think you will still find that there are many folk out there w EDS who do have fatigue as well as significant unexplained pain.

I have type 3 EDS & I seem to be tired all the time but i put it down to the pain wearing me out, I've never investigated it with a doctor. It would be interesting to dee if more people with EDS have chronic fatigue problems as well.