Watched it. The view count Llewellyn King gets is pitiful, almost negligible by YouTube standards. Makes me think there are far less proper ME sufferers than I thought. What could they do to reach a wider audience?
When I was in a general hospital in 2013, the physiotherapist tested my hand grip strength. When I asked why won't he test me again in a few days or a week to prove deterioration and that I objectively have something wrong with me, he said I would be accused of not trying hard enough.
https://www.margaretwilliams.me/2003/mental-health-movement-persecution-of-patients-select-ctte.pdf - The end of this document has a wealth of useful quotes including about refusing testing. On page 57 Simon Wessely synonymizes CFS with MUS then conflates MUS with somatising, all without...
It's hard to believe how bad the greatly respected Cochrane Review is. They conflate neurasthenia (which is viewed as psychological) with ME. They also define the illness as merely unexplained fatigue rather than an intolerance of exercise & exertion (which is what true ME is). In essence they...
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I just watched: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bmblb8/horizon-2018-8-the-placebo-experiment-can-my-brain-cure-my-body# on BBC iPlayer (Available to UK viewers only).
What do you guys think, is the placebo effect real or is it just response bias combined with natural...
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