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  1. forestglip

    Loss of smell and taste

    Preparation for my DIY anosmia test has begun! Here are my notes on how I prepared various concentrations of cinnamon in water: I was trying with ground coffee and cinnamon. Ended up going with cinnamon, but I think coffee would have worked. Test tubes filled with various numbers of...
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    The MEpedia Primer for Journalists

    That might not matter, I'm not totally sure. You can still just create an article named "Draft: Primer_for_journalists". I'm not sure how much actual difference having it be an official namespace has. Edit: Lol I can't write "Draft: Primer" without a space because: Draft:Primer.
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    The MEpedia Primer for Journalists

    I think the Draft option is best. Maybe a note at the top of the real one that a new version is being worked on, with a link to it.
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    Navigating the medical system as a beginner with ME

    I sent them an email and got this response:
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    Animal research for ME

    I tend to ask myself for anything involving animals, would this be acceptable to do to a human? Would society be okay with injecting healthy humans with LC blood, trying to induce LC symptoms? If not, what's the reason it feels okay to do to an animal?
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    USA: News from #MEAction

    Just did it. It took about 45 minutes to do the whole thing. I wish there was some indicator that I could pause at any time and all my answers up to that point would be saved (maybe it did say that at the start). But I pushed through and was feeling pretty tired by the end. But I liked most of...
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    Researchers plan to retract landmark Alzheimer’s paper containing doctored images

    A couple examples of the many comments that were made about multiple images:
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    Auto-brewery syndrome linked to ME?

    Auto-Brewery Syndrome, Painter et al, 19 Jan 2023 Only two inline citations are given after that paragraph, and only one of them mentions fatigue, but says "chronic fatigue", not "chronic fatigue syndrome". I assume they made a mistake writing CFS. A news article about auto-brewery syndrome...
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    Modern environmental factors

    Potential links to cholinesterase-inhibiting chemicals in both gulf war illness and psychiatric disorders. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor exposures as an initiating factor in the development of Gulf War Illness, a chronic neuroimmune disorder in deployed veterans, Michalovicz et al, July 2020...
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    READ FIRST: Welcome to the MEpedia subforum!

    Maybe try toggling "Ignore thread" on then back off if you haven't already. Otherwise, I'd post about it in the Technical Support forum.
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    The economist: Many mental health conditions have bodily triggers

    Hey, this sounds familiar. Gulf War and Health: Volume 8: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War. 2010
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    The economist: Many mental health conditions have bodily triggers

    I agree that these things likely play huge roles in classic mental illnesses. Though I don't think one can be confident that there is not a very large contributing biological factor in all these diseases that could potentially prevent these societal factors from causing such enormous damage...
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    Idea for machine learning model to track fatigue accurately

    Just wanted to add a potential other marker, which is close to invisible without technology, like HRV and minor changes in facial expression: eye movements. I bet if I had one of those devices to record eye movements every day, there would be significant patterns that correlate to fatigue and...
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    Navigating the medical system as a beginner with ME

    Thank you! I tried searching for groups that included "Ohio" but there were way too many to search through that were not relevant.
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    Navigating the medical system as a beginner with ME

    Thanks, he does seem fairly knowledgeable. Unfortunately, I'm in central Ohio, and there's the waitlist, and my insurance probably wouldn't cover it. But maybe I'll see if his office has any recommendations.
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    Navigating the medical system as a beginner with ME

    Is this someone known to treat ME patients? I see one long COVID in the reviews. [Edit: 2 long covid mentions.] Those reviews seem suspiciously good. 209 reviews and all 5 stars. They make him sound like one of the best humans to exist. [Edit: there are a couple negative ones.] Thanks. I...
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    Animal research for ME

    Yeah, I'm not a fan of food animals being treated inhumanely either. One organization I think is doing great work in this field is the Humane Slaughter Association, and I believe has had some big wins in changing industry in Europe. Though I think they only deal with farm animal slaughter, not...
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    Navigating the medical system as a beginner with ME

    Thanks! Yep, I fit the criteria to a tee. Though I didn't know there's a rule for "not lifelong". Aren't there people who have had ME/CFS all their life? I do feel like I had mildish mental fatigue issues my whole life, but the intense physical fatigue and PEM came suddenly when I was 18...
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