News from Scandinavia

[rvallee]

ME appears on the list of most cited diagnoses for young people on disability in Norway. Of those 18-29 on disability 3.9% are disabled due to Postviral fatigue syndrome/ME

Numbers can be found here

Impressive for a condition that doesn't even exist and has had 100% effective treatments for decades, if we weren't so stupid. Or whatever.

How does it go again? Oh, yeah: reality is "that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” - Philip K dick.

 

[Utsikt]

Impressive for a condition that doesn't even exist and has had 100% effective treatments for decades, if we weren't so stupid. Or whatever.

How does it go again? Oh, yeah: reality is "that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” - Philip K dick.

Didn’t you know that kids dream of being on disability benefits instead of getting and education and job, and starting a family?

Got to think of the secondary gains, man!

 

[Midnattsol]

3.9 % out of 22,400 = ~870 pwME/CFS on disability between the ages of 18-29. Although the number is probably higher because GPs can’t use G93.3 in Norway.

When it comes so far as to be a disability payment question, I think most would have received an ICD code in their records as they would have visisted specialist services at some point. In contrast to for sick-leave payments where a GP can code A04 "fatigue" and that's enough for that particular type of social benefit.


But I agree the numbers are probably higher. One thing is the lack of ICD-10 in GP offices, another is that some are recommended to not apply for benefits with their ME/CFS diagnosis, rather with something else they may have that is more recognized. Despite ME being the most disabling condition.