Anybody got good resources (web pages, studies, etc.) on ME that I can pass on to a friend who's trying to get a diagnosis? Please link them below if you do. Boosts welcome.
Anybody got good resources (web pages, studies, etc.) on ME that I can pass on to a friend who's trying to get a diagnosis? Please link them below if you do. Boosts welcome.
"Sign Up for INIM’s Nutrition Series"
https://forms.gle/yHHfg6bjFLmus8ew6
People can take part either online or in person (in Davie, FL)
Launches Friday, June 27
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #POTS @pots @mcas
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2025_6_13 I(carus) scheduled two phone calls on the same day
https://www.illmarks.com/2025_6_13-icarus-scheduled-two-phone-calls-on-the-same-day/
Recap for Bateman Horne Center Support Group: Love Relationships and Illness May 20, 2025
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250520-Support-Group-Recap.pdf
Hashtags:
#chronicillness #Spoonielife #chroniclife @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM #dysautonomia @dysautonomia #chronicpain @chronicpain #POTS @pots
via @me_valentijn
"Healthcare colleagues call pediatricians [in the Netherlands] to order over exhaustion disease ME/CFS" (& the recommendation to use CBT)
Google English translation
https://nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2571765-zorgcollega-s-roepen-kinderartsen-tot-de-orde-over-uitputtingsziekte-me-cvs?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @mecfs
From: Frederique Murphy
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @mecfs
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“Neuroimaging studies have revealed differences in the brain activity and structure of people with ME/CFS, including poor blood flow and lower levels of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the nervous system).”
Sympathetic article by an Australian biomedical researcher, Sarah Annesley:
"It’s not just ‘chronic fatigue’: ME/CFS is much more than being tired"
https://theconversation.com/its-not-just-chronic-fatigue-me-cfs-is-much-more-than-being-tired-258803
This site is quite influential: you need to be an academic to write on it
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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From @meresearchuk
A study has highlighted the importance of “feeling heard, valued, and believed” by health professionals – whether consultations are conducted remotely or in person.
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4m8fx9ks
Creatine and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome: Can a Gym Supplement Support Brain Recovery?
https://propstmetabolichealth.substack.com/p/creatine-and-post-viral-fatigue-syndrome
Comment: I've been taking 12 g/day of Creatine for many months now (with a break every 6 weeks).
This may be contributing to me feeling better.
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
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Seeing the Invisible: Illuminating brain function in ME/CFS & #LongCovid
Dr Chris Armstrong & his team at OMF’s Melbourne ME/ #CFS Collaboration are investigating the link between neuroinflammation, cerebral blood flow, & dysregulated hormones in #MECFS, #POTS, & Long #COVID
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #PwME @pots #PwLC #PASC #postcovid @longcovid
#CovidBrain
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #auscovid19 @auscovid19
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to effective self-management inindividuals with ME/CFS :an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311908.2025.2517870
New UK qualitative research:
"there is an urgent need to reduce the reliance on extensive self-advocacy which may help to alleviate this burden by making healthcare systems and support structures more responsive, accessible and patient-centred"
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
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"Emergency departments aren’t trained for Long COVID [& ME/CFS] — and patients are paying the price" by @thesicktimes
Among other things, recommends more medical education for healthcare staff in emergency rooms & elsewhere, plus better access to telehealth
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
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I thought this was good (as I'd expect from Oonagh & #ThereForME team):
"The importance of understanding rest: How my experience of rest as an athlete clashed with my experience of rest as a patient"
https://www.thereforme.uk/p/the-importance-of-understanding-rest
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@chronicillness
@spoonies
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For those with light sensitivity
#PostExertionalMalaise #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @mecfs @longcovid #longcovid
Mind in the mist: the interplay between fatigue, information processing and brain fog
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2025.2513194
Image is from the latest Science for ME weekly update
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
#brainfog #MultipleSclerosis @multiplesclerosis
From meresearchuk
Findings from a study published in the ‘Virology journal’ provide evidence of a causal connection between immune cells and post viral fatigue syndrome.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZbLbil
#MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis @mecfs
Given all talk re: Post Exertional Malaise/Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation in #LongCovid:
Here is "Symptoms made worse due to physical or cognitive exertion" in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis & #ChronicFatigueSyndrome
Also shows all the range of ME / #CFS
symptoms
Extracellular vesicle proteomics uncovers energy metabolism, complement system, and endoplasmic reticulum stress response dysregulation postexercise in males with ME/CFS
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ctm2.70346
Image is from Science for ME weekly update
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME