The parasympathetic system may be healthy and functioning normally, but has an excessive load being placed on it by a pathology elsewhere in the...
Yep. That is its purpose, which is why any evidence against its actual efficacy and relevance is ignored.
That is my sense of it. PEM is the consequence of whatever is driving the problems underneath. In the same way as somebody who has been stabbed...
I would like to see the end of the idea that specific dedicated exercise is some separate thing from daily life. The artificial separation of...
Indeed. Where is the real mental and moral pathology here? There is (was?) an American psychiatrist who eventually gave up on the profession,...
Yes, not all publicity is good.
That is interesting.
ME/CFS: Under the Hood ME/CFS: Behind the Science (or Research)
So they prefer uncritical analysis? If (if) they really are interested in finding the weaknesses in their hypothesis and experimental...
Not just the money, though that is a big one. Being one who 'recovered' can bring a kind of calling, of being special, a leader chosen to help...
I think this is important. Exertion, of any form, certainly is a consistent trigger/exacerbator of PEM for me. But it can also happen without any...
In fairness, you only posted that a week ago, and it is a very complex and weighty problem to address, that is never going to be easy nor quick to...
Especially when those patients are informed, cogent, and have no incentive to compromise for the sake of career prospects, etc.
NICE 2021, and everything else, may well have not happened for all the difference it is making in the NHS. They just don't care, and are clearly...
Despite there being not a shred of hard evidence for any of it. :grumpy:
Multidisciplinary interventions, such as graduated exercise therapy with the Modified CHOP POTS protocol,11 incorporating pacing after energy...
They are still playing the underdog card, I see. And it started so promisingly too. This is obviously the latest tactic. Sound so sympathetic...
As Susan Sontag said (in Illness as Metaphor): Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by willpower are always an...
Not successfully, if the likes of Sir Simon have any influence over the outcome.
Endlessly. Repetition being one of the critical components of successful propaganda.
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