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    UK: Dr Sarah Myhill

    Well, at least it doesn't mention ME/CFS. We need to distance ourselves from fringe figures like Myhill.
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    UK: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) articles, blogs and discussion

    I refused to complete these idiotic questionnaires on the grounds that (i) they can't distinguish between ME symptoms and symptoms of depression and/or anxiety, and (ii) I know they are useless and used carelessly as evidence of improvement. And yes, doing this at the start of every session was...
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    Closed USA, Texas - Long Covid stem cell trial - Hope Biosciences

    Dunno, just seems a bit Outlaw Medicine, Dallas Buyers Club, isn't it?
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    What is POTS? This strange disorder has doubled since the pandemic

    Imagine being well enough to even attempt to get to a spinning session.
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    OMF: Muscle Biopsy and Plasma Study into Post-Exertional Malaise, David Systrom, 2022

    Yep, possibly. I have read up on that. I do think I have some sort of fascial problem. I have some very small tender areas in particular muscles. But otherwise I don't have that much overall pain.
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    OMF: Muscle Biopsy and Plasma Study into Post-Exertional Malaise, David Systrom, 2022

    Ineresting. This sounds like a different issue. My lumps are not visible—they're under or within the skin/tissue layer, and not near joints. Nor are they as large as the ones you describe. Maybe we're all just lumpy.
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    OMF: Muscle Biopsy and Plasma Study into Post-Exertional Malaise, David Systrom, 2022

    I was at the doctors a few days ago about my recent decline. I had to attend for blood tests, and talked to my GP about this issue of 'muscle lumps'. They are most prevalent around my bicep muscle. She seemed to think it was possibly not the muscle, but rather subcutaneous fat. It's objectively...
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    Extreme tinnitus, can anything be done?

    Unfortunately, there's not much that can be done—often nothing. I have severe tinnitus and have had tinnitus of some level constantly for 12 years. It's a nightmare, so I sympathize with your friend. ME and tinnitus is the combination from hell. Tinnitus is a brain issue, though damage to some...
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    What can I do to treat covid-19 infection?

    It's certainly in your interest to find out if it is covid or something else. It's not too early to test. I would do 2 or 3 tests over the next few days / week if you have access to rapid tests. I'm not clued up enough about antibody tests to provide advice. I suspect it's very complex, like...
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    CBT for Tinnitus

    This is the website of Tinnitus UK (previously known as the British Tinnitus Association, until this year). They are the main UK charity for tinnitus.
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    Stanford MECFS working group meeting 2023

    Thanks, but this page is just a summary of the article. I've just seen that the first link to the full article, on the right hand side of that page, is not paywalled (the second is). I am using a plugin to translate to English...
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    Stanford MECFS working group meeting 2023

    I've seen his name before, but I'm not familar. I just saw this: https://www.journalismfund.eu/supported-projects/chronically-tired-wallet-professor-de-meirleir Has anyone got an English version of this article?
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    The Observer/Guardian article: Does the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigue? About patient led 'research' group Remission Biome.

    I am also now blocked—by their main page and one of the RB team—since our discussion here a few weeks ago.
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    Moving from laptop/computer to iPad/tablet - did it help?

    Thanks for your replies. I should have added that I struggle immensely with screens, and have done for many years. Phone screen is better. I think just because there's less information to be processed by the brain, given the smaller size (the screen, not my brain).
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    Moving from laptop/computer to iPad/tablet - did it help?

    Did you primarily use the touchscreen to type, or did you also have a keyboard. There are those keyboard cases for iPAD, which may be an option for me.
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    Moving from laptop/computer to iPad/tablet - did it help?

    I am considering geting an iPad because it might be easier to use given I seem to be going downhill. I currently have a Macbook Pro. I can think of several benefits over a laptop, but I'm wondering if anyone here has done the same, and did it work out for you? There are some things I know I...
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    Anyone seen Dr Bansal, Dr Lulsegged or Paul Jenkins ?

    Paul Jenkins has amased lots of negative reviews here: https://www.ratemds.com/doctor-ratings/4012985/Dr-Paul-Jenkins-London-ENG.html/
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    UK Times and Independent on ME misdiagnosed as Lyme disease, August 2023

    Yes, but there are mixed findings about these autoantibodies in ME/CFS so these are likely next to useless to support a diagnosis. "Auto-antibodies against the Beta-2 adrenergic receptor, auto-antibodies against the muscarinic cholinergic Receptor 3 (M3) and auto-antibodies against the...
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    UK Times and Independent on ME misdiagnosed as Lyme disease, August 2023

    I am not aware of any! EDIT: Except the Myhill mito tests, which were a load of nonsense.
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