The dementors were inspired by Rowling’s experience of depression, so it’s particularly unhelpful to liken them to ME, even if the author hadn’t...
I tried some gummies a while ago and they exacerbated PEM rather than relieving it. But I never found cannabis particularly relaxing, even when...
For all the good it’s currently doing, they can have the tissue they want from me right now. Anyway, excellent idea. Is this something that...
I haven’t seen such a heavy focus on endocrine aspects of aetiology (two out of six bullets) in something like that before. The intersection of ME...
Cum hoc ergo propter hoc again.
https://beta.openai.com/playground/p/default-qa Hmm. Perhaps a little more work needed on that trickery-proof answering bot.
We have several supporters in the Lords, as well, who may be replaced with democratically elected scrutinisers of legislation under an incoming...
That’s fantastic! If you don’t mind me asking, just because it’s such impressive responsiveness, was that online form, generic email, Twitter or...
Yes, as I said in the original thread title, relatable content, although I took issue with the headline (which is never the author’s).
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/28/a-catalogue-of-losses-what-chronic-fatigue-took-away-from-my-life Would it be too much to get...
That looks so bumpy! Dropped kerbs are bad enough.
Seems very sensible. But also potentially reminiscent of the XKCD cartoon about standards.
Well, quite. I miss woodland walks, but am as unenthused by online forest bathing as a bear would be if offered online forest defecation.
That’s amazing. The HMG response to covid was skew-whiff because huge amounts of work had been done in preparation for a novel flu, which remains...
“Shaky” is a reasonable term for the feeling I get when trying to move after exhausting my energy supplies, but I have only ever moved like the...
@unicorn7 is posting all this in good faith and I hope they carry on updating this thread without feeling mocked. And it’s great that they feel...
And Wim Hof breathing exercises, apparently. A salutary reminder that “we listen to the patient” is the clarion call of woo and snake oil...
I’m not sure that this wholly belongs in the psychosomatic category. Although the concept of “scaffolding” adds dubious value, it seems to...
Understanding energy envelopes for cognition, and how they vary for pwME across various types of mental activity, may be the one area where...
I say, try anything on other people first.
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