I know of this study which shows that neuropathic pain improves with TCAs but not SSRIs. I suspect this is significant as to pharmacological...
Hi @Hip, When I was asking about IgG in another thread, @Aroa foind this for me in Naviaux’s work...
Thank you so much for starting this thread.
And this treasure: http://www.simonwessely.com/Downloads/Publications/CFS/179.pdf The act of diagnosis: pros and cons of labelling chronic fatigue...
They used CDC and NICE (ie. “adolescents reported by their mothers to have experienced fatigue lasting >6 months that was associated with absence...
some PwME seem to struggle with obesity, whereas others can’t seem to maintain a healthy weight and are clinically underweight. I wonder what the...
My understanding is that body temperature is set by the hypothalamus in response to various triggers, including immune response.
Here is the full paper: https://dacemirror.sci-hub.tw/journal-article/ebbbfdfc7a38c456b049f8639bbbdc05/engelmann2004.pdf It describes an...
Moderator note: This post and discussion has been moved from this thread: A compromised paraventricular nucleus within a dysfunctional...
This is my theory of ME/CFS. The PVN is involved in physiological stress responses, as evidenced in this old study: The...
My first issue with this study is that the secondary aim: is predicated on the expectation that health anxiety will be found in the CFS sample....
Thanks @JemPD, she is 12 now and has almost completely recovered/remission with low-dose cortisone.
I think it means making people believe fairy tales doesn’t make them better...
I just don’t know which part of my daughter’s personality is related to ME and which part is related to her being a Virgo. It is so confusing....
Hypothalamus = brain = BPS to a psychiatrist I think that is the bottom line. But I just don’t think there is any evidence that conscious...
Isn’t a “nonrandomised uncontrolled trial” kind of like asking my husband if my bum looks big in these jeans?
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I think perseveration would be diagnosed as such: “Every time I eat <insert activity>, my <symptom/s> start...” “Now that is not possible, let’s...
Those oaths are highly distressing. I have seen the worst in humanity in doctors.
I am so pleased to read your post @Jonathan Edwards. It makes no sense to me. And yet every slightly-less-scientific page I read (web, print,...
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