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I'm particularly disappointed to see Altmann on there as I'd previously got the impression he had an understanding of the seriousness of the problem. And now his name's on this piffle about tai chi and clove buds.

Delusional.

Yes, they need a cohort of people who don't know whether or not they are ill (possibly because they're in a coma). [edit: I don't know whether it's obvious that this is not a serious suggestion!]

Absolutely infuriating that they can get away with this.

Hope that goes well for you all - it just should not have to be this way.

It really is. Me too! (It really shows what nonsense it is that there's this supposed epidemic of people supposedly being "written off" and showered with disability benefits the second they get a diagnosis of something neurodivergent.) [edited to clarify, because I expressed that very badly...

Earlier this year I requested 'mandatory reconsideration' of a PIP decision which claimed I had no difficulty communicating or mixing with other people, when in fact those are some of the things I find most difficult due to cognitive impairments; I rely on my husband to do a huge amount of...

Thus you get groupthink, because no one is brave enough to rock the boat.

There must be some people who have other conditions and also have whatever it is we currently refer to as ME/CFS. There have to be, unless other conditions are protective against ME/CFS and vice versa.

aha: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sick-notes-dr-tony-copperfield/1123735612

Possibly a number of people have written the column under the pseudonym over the years.

One might say it's also a cautionary tale of how GPs' training may not equip them with the critical thinking skills to distinguish scientific evidence from persuasive storytelling.

https://bjgplife.com/revisiting-my-book-review-from-18-months-ago-a-cautionary-tale/ Elke Hausmann looks back on her 2023 book review of 'The Way Out – The Revolutionary Scientifically Proven Approach to Heal Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon' in which she suggested that it would be helpful for...

It's only "raising a clash" between the two conditions if you start with the belief that the two are the same or essentially similar.

The 'Thematic Analysis' offers a series of quotes from patients describing how they had blamed themselves for being lazy or weak when they were fatigued, but once they learned about fatigue as a consequence of stroke or kidney disease, etc., they coped better with it. The researchers'...

But it will probably be cited as relevant to these conditions anyway...

In the next 12 months then? Tick tock! It would take longer than that to identify all the people with complex needs, let alone write each them of a 'personalised care plan', even if they started now.

Sorry, this isn't a direct reply to your question but might be relevant re 'normal values'. The authors say: SGRQ is the St. George’s respiratory questionnaire, which evaluates 'symptoms related to pulmonary changes including dyspnea, coughing, and wheezing'.

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It's always folding laundry in these examples, isn't it? So you'd get the impression patients are just too dim to realise they don't have to fold a whole load of laundry in one go. It would help these therapists if they tried substituting some other activities, things that are actually...