https://www.s4me.info/threads/who-hijacked-me.28199/
Not defending PACE but what do you mean by cheating? Do you mean the lowering of the recovery threshold?
Shh, you're upsetting Simon.
The last guy in the video says that ME is a real physical illness, I thought that was considered politically incorrect?
https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/83/3/248
For me to be convinced they would have to do before and after scans, before talking treatment and after talking treatment and see if there is an...
Merged thread https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00493-2/fulltext So they are saying psychosomatic conditions...
I can't remember where it was from but there was a GET study that showed no objective improvement using actigraphy, it was the trial that put the...
Agreed and I'll add that how real a patient's symptoms are treated is a spectrum too with psychologized physical symptoms scoring the lowest but...
Who do you think are responsible for the hijacking of ME and re-branding it as CFS?
McEvedy & Beard had already spread their crypto-ablest propaganda by 1970, Charles Shepherd who trained in the 1970s says that he was taught that...
By which they mean very real delusion.
I have progressive Autism, part of which causes physical pain from sounds. When I explained my symptoms the rheumatologist I saw told me in a...
They are claiming a worldwide prevalence of 30 million which seems off to me. 80 million would be 1% so 30 million is nearly 0.4%.
What planet are they living upon? Sleeping more always makes me recover quicker, losing sleep exacerbates my condition.
No mention of PEM or LTSE from exercise.
I think part of the reason is that ME is less prevalent than what most sources claim.
Full article available: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/482600 Results Placebo-induced activation of opioid...
This much cited (over 1600 citations) study from 1978 claims to have proven the placebo effect is real. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/80579/...
Merged thread https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2023/08/16/me-cfs-nhs-trust-clinical-psychologist/ For those of you who don't remember, this is...
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