I have to disagree. I think if we let every Tom, Dick, or Harry in to the diagnosis of ME it dilutes and distorts what it means to have ME. It...
I remember reading a story of a GP who got ME and had to tell his colleagues that he had depression due to the stigma of ME being too high.
At 2:50 she admits to not believing in ME before getting it. Sometimes I wish more doctors and officials would get ME so that we can speed up...
Yes it has been, but should never have been. An ME diagnosis should be reserved for those who experience an adverse reaction to exercise or...
ME has nothing to do with willpower. I've tried both Zinc and Melatonin, neither improved my symptoms. Complete waste of money.
ME and Fibromyalgia are certainly not the same thing. Fibromyalgia symptoms are considered inconsequential and actually improved by exercise. It...
All Fibromyalgia is idiopathic, it's a waste basket diagnosis.
What percentage of medical professionals do you think actually believe ME to be a disabling biomedical condition? If it's high then I have some...
What if a hEDS diagnosis could save a patient from psychogenic attribution, wouldn't it be worth it then even if it's a white lie?
That's such a lie. Where is the evidence that the BPS approach works for ME? It makes me angry when they call what they do "evidence based".
That and the fact that the world's media is focused on Covid. It will be way more difficult to sweep under the rug than ME was.
Most of my ME symptoms are not recognised on my health file. One professional described my ME as a performance others described it as a delusion....
I'm not defending Wessely but when I was misdiagnosed with Fibromyalgia people on the forums would say things like "I get tired too so I must have...
I don't think it's intuitive at all. Prescribing exercise for the illness that causes patients to be harmed by exercise, seems counter-intuitive....
Trazodone is a horrible drug with awful physical and mental side effects. I was prescribed it back in 2007 when my sleep issues were misdiagnosed...
It annoys me that skeptics like https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/make lists of fake illness / fake diagnosis yet go on to claim illnesses like ME...
@1:01:14 It says ME has a prevalence of 0.4% which works out to be about 260,000 sufferers in the UK. That number seems way too high, see:...
How do I watch the video?
What if he asks why I can't talk or why I type on my phone using my nose or why I can't get out of bed? It's kind of difficult to hide very severe...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Lately I've been having attacks of red itchy inflammation. It doesn't look too bad on the pictures but it's sore and...
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