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=== Stop before you overdo it === The aim of pacing in ME/CFS is to remain as active as possible while avoiding the relapses resulting from overexertion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last = Goudsmit | first = EM | authorlink = Ellen Goudsmit | last2 =Howes | first2 =S|url = http://www.axfordsabode.org.uk/me/pacing.htm| title = Pacing: a strategy to improve energy management in chronic fatigue syndrome|journal =Health Psychol Update | date = 2008|volume =17|pages =46β52}}</ref> This requires an understanding of the relationship between symptoms and exertion. Patients have to learn to recognize symptoms of [[post-exertional malaise]] and reduce their activities in time, in order to avoid relapses. This can mean that activities have to be limited and structured per day such as washing one day and cooking the next.Β It also means activities have to be stopped (sometimes abruptly) before they are completed, which can be frustrating and difficult to master.Β Β
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