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Yep. My definition of a relapse is when you experience an 'event' and never go back to your baseline. You might develop new symptoms. My 'event' was from taking immune modulators in 2001. At the time I was feeling 90% improvement and become very ill one month after taking the...

Good point. I have experienced periods of full stop loss of stamina since meno that is distinctively different from ME.

@hinterland Sometimes I get palpitations and heart rate increases from viral infections. I wonder if your palpitations are the result of an immune response from the vaccine? I would mention it to your doctor.

Oh no :( I'm rethinking getting vaccinated now.

Wearing rubber bands on my wrist to remind that I have something in the oven only reminds me that I need a haircut. Still burning my walnuts. Go figure

About the Author Gabrielle Jackson is an associate news editor at Guardian Australia, and was previously opinion editor there. Before that, she was a senior journalist at The Hoopla. Gabrielle has lived and worked in the USA, UK and Australia as a journalist and copywriter. She currently lives...

I just wanted to post this here. The comments are interesting.

The opportunists are out.

Some don't receive much compassion from their own families, and are raised and expected to tough it out.

Nervous system infections are treated by neurologists.

I have had very minor sleep issues in the 30 yrs of ME.

Like @Trish this happens to me occasionally when I go into a deep sleep in the afternoon. One time I answered my tv remote thinking it was my phone, and couldn't figure out how it worked. I wouldn't describe it as brain fog though.

I didn't experience PEM until 6 years after onset because I didn't go over my 'energy window' during that time. I was not exercising. The term PEM wasn't in circulation until 2001, even my ME doctor never used that term. My experience with PEM is very distinctive and delayed. Not one...

An infectious disease doctor explained how it's very important to get the surge down in India because it will create new variants that our current vaccines won't protect us from. He compared the differences between Ebola and COVID respiratory-type viruses. and how Ebola deaths were more...

I found this

Superman was given a highly diluted dose of kryptonite, thus curing his serious kryptonite allergy and allowing him to star in yet another amazing adventure of Superman.

White House Senior Adviser for COVID response Andy Slavitt reveals that his son has LC.

I've watched stories about soldiers with PTSD who were later diagnosed with FM. There is most likely a risk factor for the development of symptoms of FM in genetically predisposed individuals?

It appears as though the stock photos images of LC and ME/CFS are going to be doing the talking :emoji_rolling_eyes: