I think that was a very good talk. He seems like a competent scientist, and the comments he made towards the end about attitudes towards...
In this case, especially given that they go on about a theory for why managing energy and not exacerbating works (the energy envelope), that...
No, I'm very far from recovered. I said earlier that it was only a little helpful. The important thing though, is at least it wasn't harmful, and...
You can't explicitly tell patients not to exacerbate themselves, and then make them ignore that. That is a direct contradiction. In addition, as I...
The diagrams that you've shown show that APT patient's fatigue scores do actually improve over time, by about four points on that scale. But yes,...
I'm pretty sure it's well established that insomnia, a delayed sleep cycle and sleep disturbances is pretty common in CFS. Sleep disturbance is...
Well, the people I saw actually seemed to think pacing was more important than GET. It also doesn't make any sense for the group behind that study...
Well, it seems to be what a lot of practitioners call GET. It still involves a gradual increase in exercise, so I'd say calling it GET is pretty...
That is totally untrue. If GET is about stretching your limits, it isn't in your interests, first of all, to say that one of the interventions you...
Well, the statement that the meta-analysis makes about different types of CBT and the distinctions between them that have been used is such a...
I don't see what's wrong with improving sleep hygiene. I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that's a good thing. And I don't see why on earth that...
Well, sociologists don't know anything about medicine, and there's loads of questionable theories that float around sociology. Sociologists really...
That's only one part of what the paper says their CBT involves, the other parts including "sleep-wake cycle disturbance management which sought to...
That isn't true. Sure, the PACE trial focused on more of a denial type of CBT, and many others have too, but if you look at the full text of some...
Well in most of the cases with the physical illnesses, they just think it's a bit helpful, and I don't think they're saying anything about whether...
I'm pretty sure CBT is regarded as possibly being helpful in a variety of physical conditions, including Cancer related fatigue...
I appreciate him raising awareness of the article, I think it's a good run down of the article, and it has a interesting anecdote at the end.
I'm absolutely not making her the victim. I'm just making the very mild point that we shouldn't deny that she has experienced at least some degree...
If you aren't willing to recognize that is a form of harassment, then, I've got to say, you aren't portraying ME/CFS sufferers in a very good...
Well, here's a twitter account: https://twitter.com/estherpouts?lang=en pretending to be esther crawley, saying things that portray her in a bad...
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