Content Overview 
- Summary
- Communicate With Your Health Care Team
- Optimize Nutrition
- Exercise
- Conserve Energy While Being As Active As Possible
- Think About Ways To Maximize Use Of Energy
- Build In Rest Periods
- Keep Track Of Your Symptoms
- Plan Activities And Your Work Schedule With Good Days In Mind
- Decrease Stress As Much As You Can
- Get Enough Sleep
- Consider Medication To Manage Side Effects Such As Anemia Or Infection
- Get Support
- Consider Complementary Therapies
- Consider Supplements
- Beware Of Illegal Stimulants
- Please Share Additional Tips
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A basic element of managing fatigue is recognizing what you can and cannot change. For example, you cannot change a fatigue which results from a treatment if the treatment is necessary for your health. On the other hand, you can do the following to help make you the healthiest, disease fighting, person you can be. Information about these steps is contained in the other sections of this document.
- Communicate with your health care team.
- Optimize nutrition.
- Exercise (even mild exercise).
- Conserve energy while being as active as possible.
- Build in rest periods.
- Keep track of your symptoms.
- Plan work and daily activities with good days in mind.
- Decrease stress as much as you can.
- Get the appropriate amount of sleep (not too much).
- Consider medication to manage side effects such as anemia or infection.
- Get support.
- Consider complementary therapies.
- Beware of illegal stimulants.
NOTE: Be sure to report symptoms of fatigue and/or depression to your doctor or other health care provider.
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