Cleare is one of the authors of this 2008 paper, the senior author. This paper quotes him liberally as having found that cortisol is low in CFS...
Early studies Salivary cortisol output before and after cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, 2008, Roberts That was a study...
Then there is the finding that the CBT increase was higher in the people who were assessed by therapists unaware of the cortisol levels as having...
The discussion is full of references to that fact that CFS involves hypocortisolism. I'm pretty astounded that nowhere do they actually...
I'm trying to work out if the levels of cortisol recorded were abnormal. [ATTACH] AI tells me The normal range for salivary cortisol in adults...
Results of the CBT : Clinical Global Impression (assessed by therapist) Very much or much improved 18 (47%) Minimally improved 13 (34%) No change...
The Kings College London link in the first post doesn't seem to work anymore. Here's another link to an In Press version...
Early studies Melatonin Levels in Women with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1999, Korszun et al This was a tiny study, but it found no...
Low cortisol or otherwise abnormal cortisol comes up frequently in the ME/CFS literature. Many researchers and clinician have been convinced that...
Evidence of how ME/CFS can be disappeared. UK : South Coast fatigue service'
https://www.southcoastfatigue.co.uk/about/ It's all about return to work. I could hardly find a mention of ME/CFS, CFS/ME or even CFS...
Nice write up thanks Dave. There's certainly much to be done there. I wonder who is on that 'specific working group'.
Can someone make sure the website is archived?
Such a good question to investigate.
"virtual rehabilitation" :rofl: Reminds me of "recovery" achieved by reframing expectations
I'm not sure what you mean by 'illness process'. I interpret that as meaning severity, symptoms and e.g. eventual outcome (recovery, worsening)...
Thank you Chris, @MelbME, and team. Great to see this. I thought this study was well underway? The good day, bad day study in adolescents? Is...
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