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Have you ever had your vitamin D level measured? Do you know if it is optimal? I found that improving my vitamin D level up to optimal (100 - 150 nmol/L or 40 - 60 ng/mL) had an impressive effect on reducing muscle pain. If your doctor won't test it for you, you can get it tested privately...

Yes, I always feel at my worst in the mornings. I'm at my best, physically and cognitively, when most people are starting to wind down for the day. So, for example, late afternoon or early evening I can often go to the supermarket and can push a trolley around quite normally and at a healthy...

Excellent video. I'm ashamed to say, however, that until I watched it I had never given any thought to how David Tuller is coping with the work he is doing. He must be under absolutely enormous pressure. I hope that the pressure isn't going to make him ill.

This article/paper can be found here : http://sci-hub.tw/10.1093/fampra/cmx033 A quote from it : Imagine a patient who has a physical health problem. The doctor doesn't believe the patient and decides they are mentally ill. They also put a code on the patient's notes (I used to know what it...

Surely that slide in post #10 was produced in 2010, based on what it says in the bottom right-hand corner. Is it still relevant?

@Mithriel Thanks for the info.

Via Peter Tatchell's twitter (linked above) I got to this link : https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/part_funding_of_the_pace_trial_b A quote from the DWP on that link : Whenever I read any kind of comment like this it always make me think of the Auchwitz entrance with its motto "Arbeit...

The only people who could say such a thing are those who've never suffered long-term untreated or under-treated pain. I suspect that the death rate from suicide will sky-rocket. What use is a doctor who can't or won't help with pain?

I've never heard of this man. He sounds like a mysogynist. Why do so many of them decide to go into medicine? Is this him? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Straus

I had "good manners" drummed into me when I was a child, as well as the idea that I mustn't show I was in pain or in distress because I had to be "stoical". It is like a straitjacket on how I interact with people in all sorts of situations. Looking back I'm not surprised that I was diagnosed...

Who makes up these myths? Unbelievable!

I hadn't realised that Merryn's death occurred so long ago. Perhaps it is appearing in the papers now because the parents have gone public?

I suffered from severe depression (for very good reasons) in my teens. I was referred to someone - a psychiatrist who just saw me once - and I was later told by my GP that I had been diagnosed with "normal teenage angst".

Link : http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/02/you-smiled-at-me-so-youre-not-depressed-whats-the-most-patronising-thing-your-doctor-has-ever-said-to-you-about-your-mental-health-7418916/ A couple of anecdotes from the article : There are lots more anecdotes in the article: Link ...

I just found a short version of this story on a New Zealand news site : http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2018/04/inquest-into-british-girl-s-death-after-rare-disease-takes-her-life.html It mentions that an inquest will be held in May.

The same article has appeared in the Mirror : https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/young-woman-dies-after-illness-12288945 There have been five comments on the article (so far). Rest In Peace Merryn.

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[My emphasis] The bit in bold strikes me as being bizarre. Considering how many insults have been flung at people with ME/CFS, suggesting that they are lazy, attention-seekers, hypochondriacs, don't want to work, want to live off benefits, and are aggressive and dangerous activists who are as...

I have just read this quote from the article : My perception of current news : I remember years ago (in the 1990s and before?) that Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth would often be quoted in articles or would appear in interviews on the news. But they appear to have vanished off the face of...

One thing that 5-HTP does is it raises cortisol. I don't know what the mechanism is that makes that happen. I imagine that would cause adverse effects in quite a lot of people. I have very occasionally taken more than 50mg 5-HTP, and my reaction is to get the jitters and internal shakes, and...