# Does someone with CFS need to be fatigued?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-someone-with-cfs-need-to-be-fatigued/451306 "2008-05-31T22:53:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-someone-with-cfs-need-to-be-fatigued/451306/1 "2008-05-31T22:53:00Z")

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If Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is when everything else has been excluded, does some really need to be fatigued to be diagnosed with CFS?