CHRONIC FATIGUE AND ME/CFS
Chronic fatigue and ME/CFS naturopath, online.
Tired in a way rest does not fix?
Naturopathic support for ME/CFS, post-viral fatigue, long COVID, POTS and fibromyalgia, worked gently and in order, without pushing into the crash.
Online consultations. Clients join from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, regional Australia
What is ME/CFS?
Myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, is a complex illness affecting energy production, the nervous system and immunity. Its defining feature is post-exertional malaise: a crash after effort that would once have been easy. Many cases begin after a viral infection.
WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE
When effort costs more than it should.
The defining feature is a crash after effort that would once have been easy, often a day or two later. Researchers describe cells that have switched from making energy to defending themselves, and stay there. Pushing through, stimulants and strong detoxes ask a body in protection for more than it has. Recovery begins with safety, pacing and closing the drains, then rebuilding reserve slowly.
Crashes a day or two after effort
Unrefreshing sleep
Brain fog and slow thinking
Dizziness or a racing heart on standing
Widespread pain, or sensitivity to light, sound or food
Onset after a virus or a hard year
HOW I WORK WITH FERTILITY AND PRECONCEPTION
Read the pattern. Restore the balance.
Your symptoms are how your body asks for what it needs. I read the pattern behind them, then choose herbs and nutrients the same way: matched to that pattern, to ease the disharmony, calm the nervous system and rebuild your reserves, so your body can come back into balance and heal.
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Read the pattern
Your history, triggers and current capacity, with Endobiogeny and organic acids testing for how your cells are making energy.
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Calm the nervous system
Finding your energy envelope and settling the nervous system so you stop crashing.
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Ease the disharmony
Herbs and nutrients matched to your pattern, supporting cellular energy and what may still be driving the illness, introduced gently.
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Build reserves
Expanding slowly, only when your baseline has held, so energy is rebuilt rather than borrowed.
WHAT TO TEST
The results that change the plan.
Testing looks for what may still be keeping the body in protection.
Routine bloods, read through Endobiogeny
Where energy is going.
Iron studies, B12 and vitamin D
Common and treatable gaps.
Full thyroid panel and morning cortisol
Overlapping symptoms, and the adrenal picture.
Post-viral serology
EBV or Q fever where your history fits.
Mould or tick-borne testing
Where your history suggests it.
Stand test
Heart rate and blood pressure lying, then standing for ten minutes.
FREE GUIDE
The free Chronic Fatigue and ME/CFS guide.
Post-exertional malaise, post-viral triggers, the cell danger response, POTS, mast cells and fibromyalgia, the bloods to ask for, pacing with your heart rate, and a gentle plan.
THE DEEP RESET· LYME & COINFECTIONS PATHWAY
For when you need more than one appointment.
Twelve consultations through a long recovery, paced to your energy, with the foundations of healing and The Wholefood Kitchen included.
01. Twelve consultations
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, individualised to you.
02. Testing that changes the plan
Functional testing where it helps, read alongside your results.
03. The Deep Reset
The foundations of healing, as downloads, from the day you join.
01. Twelve consultations
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, individualised to you.
QUESTIONS
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Yes. A naturopath looks at the systems behind your symptoms together, including hormones, the gut, blood sugar, the nervous system and nutrition, and builds one plan around them, alongside your GP.
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Yes. All consultations are online by video. Testing is arranged through collection centres near you, and herbal medicine is posted to you. Clients join from across Australia and overseas.
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A crash after effort that would once have been easy, often arriving a day or two later and lasting days or weeks. It is the defining feature of ME/CFS.
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Pushing exercise can trigger crashes. Pacing within your energy comes first, and activity widens only when the baseline holds.
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Many people with long COVID meet the criteria for ME/CFS, and the same principles of pacing and recovery apply.
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Many people with ME/CFS have orthostatic intolerance or POTS. A simple stand test with your GP can check.
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Many people improve substantially, usually gradually.
READ MORE IN THE JOURNAL
WRITTEN AND REVIEWED BY
Tanya Miles
Integrative Naturopath
Clinical naturopath and member of ANTA (11109). Practices Endobiogeny and anthroposophic medicine, with compounded herbal medicine and functional testing. Last reviewed October 2026.
Ways to begin.
Book an initial consultation
We map your history and results together and decide where to start.
A free intro call
About fifteen minutes to talk through where you are and which pathway fits. Leave your details and I will call you.
The Deep Reset
Twelve consultations on the Chronic Fatigue and ME/CFS pathway, with the foundations of healing and The Wholefood Kitchen.