Do they ever just listen to themselves? So you can on!y do something to help someone if someone else has written instructions for you? I have...
There are other aspects too to being truthful with the patient - They can be honest and truthful with friends and family and this will make it...
I think this is such a new concept and so I'm not sure they know precisely what they mean. Definitely. Many of us suffer cognitive dysfunction...
Wow. Amazing. Well done @Dx Revision Watch!
Was it an add for Heineken that claimed it was the beer that could reach parts others can't? Is Michael Sharpe trying to claim psychiatry is the...
Migraines aside, I always tended to put the heat bit down to inflamed sinuses or allergies. I don't actually know if it is due to that though....
Oh no it hasn't.....
Yes, I sometimes get that hot or heated feeling too With regard to a cold compress I sometimes use an icepack (a sports type gel one) wrapped in...
I'm afraid I'm all too familiar with headaches that last, and last and last. Occasionally, disappearing just in time for a new on to start. I...
Perhaps rather than try to encompass that kind of detailed information re HR monitoring in an information guide the guide could provide links the...
I think @Ravn makes good points. It took many, many years before I took it seriously enough. Getting the idea in my head that just because I...
There is no evidence that the "typical" ME patient exists. This overworked, driven stereotype was invented by the BPS brigade and then this...
I am not on Facebook, but I disagree. I don't see why people on this thread and this forum should have to self moderate comments and criticism...
Both sides can call on expert witnesses though. The longer this goes on the more evidence will be stacked against them. I'm not saying we'd win...
I know people, in the UK health service in particular, who had this happen. A pharmacist friend in particular. She worked in a hospital...
I absolutely and completely respect your right to find whatever silver linings you may. I am firm believer that if you can't change things you...
Good grief! i wonder what their definition of recovery is? How do they distinguish between remission and recovery? How do they know that...
I agree, but I also wonder how much is down to stress and how much is down to having ME. For example, it takes much more energy for me to...
Exactly. That's what I meant but JE said it better. That's the craziness if our situation. We end up asking for second best treatment, or even...
Yep. I agree. However, even a sympathetic GP simply doesn't have the time, education or the expertise to manage ME patients in my view....
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