That's a logical fallacy known as "Argument from authority", they should judge papers based on their merit not which journal they were published...
Doesn't say what criteria was used, probably something overly inclusive given that Esther Crawley was involved. The majority were not obese, and...
I found this article on the same website: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-11/edition-5/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-suitable-case-treatment...
I suffer from PERI - Post Exertional Rheumatic Injury instead of PEM. Exertions can cause permanent worsening. I don't meet the CCC, ICC, or SEID,...
I was sectioned on 20th August 2014 and kept there for a month. The staff in the psychiatric ward told me I wasn't in any pain and on one...
Exhaustion is too easily conflated with tiredness and fatigue. If people accept ME as exercise intolerance, they will question headlines like "Got...
"Which can cause an intolerance of exercise & exertion" sounds better.
When I was at college I got no diagnosis and no help what so ever with my illness. As a result I failed and was blamed. Later when I developed...
I don't have much choice as I'm 100% bedbound.
I'd like to add two points of my own: 6) Stop conflating ME with fatigue. 7) Believe that patients can get permanently worse by being pushed...
I thought the whole point of SEID was to distance ourselves from chronic fatigue not be synonymized with it.
In the case of MCS the claim by patients is that they suffer symptoms as a result of exposure to certain chemicals not necessarily that they are...
Where is he getting these figures from? There's no way 2.6% of GP visits are ME patients, chronic fatigue may be but not ME. Conflating the two is...
Merged thread: The reality of imaginary illness [MEDIA] I replied on YouTube with: @10:48 "resistance to the diagnosis is about the stigma". This...
[MEDIA] I replied on YouTube with: @10:48 "resistance to the diagnosis is about the stigma". This is a strawman argument against ME patients who...
UK CMRC Conference 2016 - Video of Esther Crawley's lecture [MEDIA] @1:55 Esther Crawley says "...there's good evidence for CBT in paediatric...
[MEDIA] @1:55 Esther Crawley says "...there's good evidence for CBT in paediatric CFS". What evidence is she referring to? Also why are the...
I have Reynaud's which may contribute to difficulty giving blood.
This is a general thread for the discussion of videos related to ME. Both good and bad videos are to be included. I'll start with a positive:...
What makes you say that?
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