Another possible explanation for the symptoms I described could be straightforward brain overstimulation from the exertion. Our ME poorer...
I guess though steroids have some utility in ME, @Hip compiled a nice list of PEM shielders and relievers back on PR...
For me these symptoms are some of the earliest signs of PEM, but just like you if I keep exerting the PEM ramps up and insomnia becomes so extreme...
Could the hypothesis that ME-caused low cortisol, particularly dipping too low in the evening, be an explanation for the symptoms I describe? It...
To me this feels like a yes too. If one has to put effort to try and keep a normal circadian rhythm or if slightest things causes your ME to push...
My entire life until a year or so before ME my circadian rhythm was normal and I always slept well. For about a year or so before getting sudden...
One of the most debilitating aspects of my ME is that the disease causes me major sleep inversion. On most evenings, after significant enough...
Might increased serum NfL also be a potential biomarker for ME/CFS since it is for Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders?...
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This is an oversimplification and misrepresentation of what I’ve posted on this thread.
I am effectively in the same shoes so I think I know what the battle is like. My ME has steadily worsened to the point where since last summer...
Who’s picking on people? I don’t see where I’m actually doing that in this thread. I’m simply stating two things: Humanity will likely not...
Like others, at the beginning of ME I had hypersomnia followed by insomnia to this day caused by a strong wired-but-tired feeling at night. I...
Do you all know that there is an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes? In children, in adults, in everybody, it will reverse the disease and...
It’s still lifestyle and this is all still cherry picking. Sure it’s not the whole story, but even the top of your article admits lifestyle is...
@svetoslav80 I’m seriously wondering why you are taking antidepressants, they will do nothing for your ME and will potentially make it worse....
Following up after another week. I was ME symptom free for 3 days maybe even 4 days, as you know it was quite hard to delineate how long because...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220254/ Very interesting paper which has identified MYSM1, a part of the ubiquitin system that acts...
I’ve not had blood gases measured but CMP probably 30 times and electrolytes measured there were always normal. I’m guessing CMP won’t always...
I’ve never had any associated breathing problems like forgetting to breathe, catching my breath, gasping, etc. Since I got ME my respiratory rate...
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