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Anyone want to take a stab at defining "lower cardiac volume" for the layman?

I experience the exact same issue. As an aside, I just have to pass along to you my admiration for the interest you show in your wife's illness, and the obvious support you're providing her.

Another unrelenting symptom for me. Oral prednisone works for me, but I'm aware that this is a controversial treatment.

Yes, leg weakness is a significant symptom of mine, along with coordination issues.

In my neck of the woods, I don't think CFS is a commonly assigned diagnosis. After seeing 3 primary care doctors and a handful of specialists, I still don't have a diagnosis (not that I've been pushing for one) and all of them just say that they don't know what is causing my illness. Several...

I eat loads of salt, also. Have no idea whether it's doing me good or doing me bad. What I do know is that I have preferred salt to sweets my whole life. To say that I often crave salt is not an overstatement.

Agreed. Anecdotally, I've been taking a calcium channel blocker (Verapamil) at high dosages (240 to 480mg/day) for about 30 years as treatment for cluster headaches. While they work for that purpose, if they are alleviating any CFS/ME symptoms, I'm not aware of it.

Apropos of nothing, just wanted to let you know @Hip, that is great to see you here :)

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Yep. And I feel uncoordinated when walking. And I'm abnormally clumsy. Been this way for three years after a lifetime of above average coordination.

You know, it's strange because like most things with this illness, my answer to this question has varied over time. When I was at my worst (about 3 years ago), I would have said that I definitely had more energy in the evenings. Now, I have most energy in the mornings and how long that lasts...

I had my first and only root canal a few months before the onslaught of most of my symptoms. I have no reason to believe that the former precipitated the latter.

I agree :)

When most of the my symptoms hit me hard in 2014, vision problems were among the most noteworthy. Prior to that, I had always had better than 20/20 vision. Since 2014, vision issues have steadily improved somewhat. Fluctuating vision clarity. Reduced ability to focus on moving objects...