This seems to be a student essay for a masters or preliminary to a PhD that has been sent in to a journal. Rather a ragbag. Brain Derived...
I don't think so, @Medfeb. With any disease that is hard to explain there will always be a raft of studies suggesting that it is due to what...
I don't think anyone understands mental fatigue. Sleep is known to be needed to reverse it. There is a genetic condition in which sleep becomes...
OK. So that is a completely unanswered question. I d not think anyone has the beginning of a clue. Most difficult mental tasks rapidly get easier...
I don't think PWME have cortical problems much. I think the main problem is much lower down, where the hypothalamus talks to the body. But I would...
Each case is different and we don't have detailed explanations but we have a reasonably good idea of the problem. With both stroke and dementia...
You may not have met many people suddenly going dead. It doesn't look the least bit like having the vapours. You go dark blue, make strange noises...
Yes of course they would, just as if a patient walked into my clinic and said 'I am suffering from early morning stiffness' eyes would roll (and...
No but the point PWME make is that PEM is not just tiredness. There may be pathological tiredness but this is not what people tell me is the...
My point is that it is fine as somewhere to start but can very easily be ambiguous, as the discussion seems to confirm. Even in plain language it...
I have absolutely no interest in whether or not it is seen as onerous. I am purely interested in trying to help people research the cause so that...
It is nothing to do with not fitting scientific understanding or being the 'wrong' words, Andy. It is simply a matter of being unambiguous in...
Malaise works for me on a very simple basis - that PWME do not feel tired, they feel ill. And that situation is familiar to me and most people...
And maybe I am saying that we should not think it is likely to be either. It is the circuitry in the cockpit electronics that makes the pilot...
I understand that Andy, but you did say that if it wasn't for self-discipline through pacing that you would go off and do things and then regret...
OK then I would say you aren't on autopilot anymore because the need to exert to keep showering has kicked in right away! Although I actually...
When I say a control system I am talking about control of the capacity to execute tasks. Lots of control systems may affect that - cardiovascular...
Andy, you seem to be conflating the situation where you feel reasonably 'energy replete' when you might have taken on a task but know not to...
Yes, I agree. I was paraphrasing past posts from other people but I also recognise your account from past posts. It isn't a simple autopilot...
That would be my point. For someone with ME for whom brushing the teeth requires exertion all sight has been lost of an othe automatic routine, so...
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