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Perhaps what would be even more definitive would be if international researchers with no particular connection to the biopsychosocial model were to try to validate these theories. The therapists could practice all the BPS theory they wanted, but the people organizing the study and evaluating the...

When telephones first began to switch from mechanical to electronic rings, there was one particular kind of electronic ring that sort of startled me, or at least put my teeth on edge. I may not have been the only one, since I never hear that particular ring anymore. My own phone did not have a...

One thing that I know increases my own startle reflex is poor/insufficient sleep. Though it's probably not the only cause, I think this connection is pretty well accepted.

I think, for me, the answer would be "sometimes," depending on the situation. Possibly the most effective "startle" scene in cinema occurs in the original version of "The Exorcist." Father Karras is alone in a university basement listening to tape recordings of the possessed girl, Regan. He...

A direct quote (in quotation marks no less) is not in the cited paper?

Cort has posted a blog on this today (6/9/20). https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2020/06/09/small-blood-vessels-arterioles-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ This does seem interesting, as this kind of thing seems consistent with one of the mechanisms that Dr. Systrom has proposed for the excess oxygen...

Well, it goes without saying that CBT & GET would be useful in addressing the fatigue induced deconditioning that's at the root of your brain inflammation (!). :rolleyes: [This is actually a pretty thorough article though, if somewhat incurious about its internal contradictions.]

I'm sure they have their troubleshoters loking at it. :)

I hope they're not locked into that. :rolleyes:

I'd say also that, if there is an "X" factor in the blood and you remove it, even if the cells instantly return to a normal state, the symptoms may not also clear up instantly. Damage and dysregulation may have occurred and may need some time to "heal" before returning to normal. During that...

The highly publicized 2009 Reeves CDC study* used the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). This questionnaire measures severely traumatic childhood events in six categories. Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional abuse Physical neglect Emotional neglect I've wondered if one possible...

It's pretty clear that the authors have never developed a tooth infection requiring root canal on a Friday evening after their dentist has left for the weekend. By Sunday, I can assure that their views on symptom focusing would be better informed and they'd be seeking an emergency appointment.

How about the more objective term "practitioner insouciance." I bet that would go over big in the medical community. ;)

It goes without saying that no one should even consider starting or stopping a medication based on a single study that has not even gone through peer review yet. I just thought the paper represented an interesting contradiction to earlier speculation I'd seen suggesting that ACE inhibitors...

True. If nothing else, taking an ACE inhibitor implies you have an ongoing relationship with a doctor - although that would also be true for ARB's, which showed no effect.

I've been pretty confused about the effect, one way or the other, of taking ACE (Angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors or ARB's (Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers) vis-a-vis COVID-19. This pre-print paper out of Yale University has not been peer-reviewed yet, but in a study of about 10,000...

It may not be relevant to this thread, or even correct, but I know I've seen ME sometimes mentioned in conjunction with "diffuse encephalitis" or a "diffuse inflammation of the brain," such as here in a 2007 article written by Malcolm Hooper. I've also seen this idea dismissed on the basis...

Anytime a doctor looks in my nose with whatever that device is called, they always say "Oh, I see you have bad allergies," to which I reply, "I do?" Sure, I sniffle and sneeze occasionally, but no more than anyone else, so far as I know.

I was given Inderal (propranolol) shortly after onset on the theory that my dizziness and feelings of near fainting were caused by "panic attack syndrome" (they weren't). I think propranolol was given under the theory that it keeps the heart from racing, which was supposed to interruupt a...

From the article: Isn't this the same thing that Dr. Systrom is finding when he reports "preload failure" in ME/CFS patients?