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This is all brilliant advice, thank you @Amw66 for your timely thread! My son is dyslexic and these apps and programmes will be useful for him too. Getting text read back to him would be a brilliant help! Do they do that? Does one of these things read articles and web pages to you? I need to...

Too crashed to read thread, sorry, just title. I fall over when I close my eyes, and generally lose my balance, every time my B12 drops below about 350. Can't remember the units. My neuro (I see regularly for chronic migraines) always has me close my eyes. If I fall over, he sends me for a...

Can my brain cure the bursitis in my right shoulder? I'm about to tell myself that this gluten free Mr Kipling Bakewell Tart in my hand is the cure for it. I BELIEVE! I eat one daily. It's the cure. Will it bring down the inflammation? Why do they always choose back pain and IBS for these...

Fish oil is good for you. We all know that. But I still don't know what to take - I can't often stomach oily fish, so please don't lecture me on dietary sources! ;) The ME Association appears to support the use of VegEpa fish oil - or maybe they're simply grateful for the fundraising efforts of...

I'm so sorry to hear that you've got worse recently, @Dechi. I hope it's only temporary, and your condition improves. Well, the 10 -15 minute drive alone would tire me out before I even got into a shop! I LOVED driving before I got ill, and found it a pleasure, but now I rarely feel safe to...

Thanks @Amw66. I'll look them up!

This is fascinating. If I'm out in public, I'll often end up with my excellent gel ice packs strapped to my forehead to stave off a migraine. Even when my body is cold, my head DEFINITELY heats up in response to over-use of energy. My migraines are clearly energy over-use triggered. If I try...

Thank you @adambeyoncelowe for telling me more about Sunshine Salt :) I'm glad to hear the taste isn't much affected by the additions to it. Having just said in my comment to WillowJ, that I wish I could take all my supplements sublingually, this might actually be the next best thing! Right now...

Thank you @WillowJ for your comments about salt and vitamins. It does seem likely that we don't absorb nutrients the way healthy people do. And I agree entirely about allergies and sensitivities limiting diet. The healthy sometimes don't understand it isn't a matter of just eating an orange :(...

Oh yes, @Invisible Woman the Migraine Hangover :noteworthy: Horrible. A day or two of feeling green, exhausted, delicate stomach, a pale shadow. It's a thing. I'm definitely doing my migraine avoidance stuff. Daily prevention pills, 500g magnesium etc. I feel they're as under control as they...

Thank you so much for your empathy, Trish. It means so much. I've just had to promise my daughter that I'll fly out to go with her to a psychiatrist appointment. :cry: I just don't know where I'll get the energy. Surely an adrenalin rush! Lets pray for one! I'm usually blessed with one, when...

Thank you @Invisible Woman for making me aware that NAC is counter-indicated for low thyroid :) That's one off the list, one less to research. And thank you for all your thoughtful comments and questions. I'll PM you when I gather my wayward brain cells :hug:

A huge part, the BIGGEST part of my problem with coping with ME is that I simply cannot pace. Even though my children are now 19 and 15, so the physical demands of childcare have disappeared, and the elder one is living in another country, they need enormous amounts of emotional support and...

@Trish and @Invisible Woman :hug: I'm totally gone, but had to say YES! To what you both wrote. :thumbsup::noteworthy::asleep:

Well mag citrate IS renowned for having that effect! :laugh: I get 100g more magnesium than you do, via tablet at night... Bit of a waste if I'm not absorbing it. I've never had THAT effect ;) I'm meant to have this horrible electrolyte drink throughout the day, because I have issues, but it's...

So many people have raised excellent points to consider, on both sides of the fence. It's very interesting, thank you all. :thumbsup: Wow, I have felt enormous pressure NOT to use any supplements - because I'm NOT REALLY ILL, YOU KNOW! Just PUSH yourself, woman. For my part, I have avoided all...

Thank you @Arnie Pye! That's so helpful! My DHEA has been low - Invisibly so - on blood tests, so I definitely want to test that too. Yes, it's very restful here, from that point of view! BUT do you think these doctors who test for deficiencies, and then prescribe, (in addition to Valcyte...

Ah, well luckily for me I have a strange low salt issue, possibly as a medication side effect. I take pinches of sea salt throughout the day to stave off migraines! And it also stops me running to the loo constantly - I must have been peeing away all my electrolytes. I'm now retaining them. Now...

@Arnie Pye excellent reminder to get my salivary cortisol tested now I FINALLY can! I already miss the health system abroad, sorry NHS, but you're a bit scary. But at least private testing is available here! Hooray!

Oh, thank you for replying everyone! :inlove: You are much-needed shots of sanity right now. Hugs of gratitude! :hug: It's Mary, who talked of the muscle testing. Sounds like quakery to me too! She is firm that mega dosing helps her, where normal doses failed. Others agree. I've not tried ME...