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Here's a Swedish news article (behind paywall) suggesting long-term covid-19 symptoms might be anxiety. DN: "Långvariga covid-19-symtom kan vara ångestsyndrom – men det finns andra orsaker" https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/langvariga-covid-19-symtom-kan-vara-angestsyndrom-men-inget-vet-sakert/...

The Swedish Research Council has announced which projects will be receiving grants for coronavirus and covid-19 research in their recent request for research grant applications. A total of 23 researchers will share SEK 33 million (approx GBP 2.84 million, EUR 3.1 million) in 2020. They approved...

Yes, what's up with that? I can't help wondering if and how it's connected to the stuff in the press in Sweden at the moment, to do with other countries' decisions to keep their borders closed to people from Sweden for now (Norway, among others), and earlier reports about the Swedish government...

Karolinska Institutet, Sweden: "Immunity to COVID-19 is probably higher than tests have shown" https://news.ki.se/immunity-to-covid-19-is-probably-higher-than-tests-have-shown

I'm not sure if the expression "gallows humour" is used differently in English, but in Swedish "gallows humor" means making "dark jokes" about your own miserable situation, or about yourself. "Gallows humour" is different from "put-down humour", it's not about making jokes at the expense of...

This was also in Expressen the other day (ME is mentioned briefly): Läkare kritiseras för inlägg om långtidssjuka: ”Galghumor för att orka med” https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/6jxqX8/lakare-kritiseras-for-inlagg-om-langtidssjuka-galghumor-for-att-orka Google Translate: 'Doctors criticized...

Merged thread Article in The Times: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: ‘It felt like I’d been in a car crash’ Ali McNamara is a well-known author of romcom/chick lit books, for example the From Notting Hill with Love... Actually series...

(Gottfries, Zachrisson and Regland all used to work at the biomedical Gottfries ME/FM clinic, that has sadly recently been closed down.)

ImmuneBiotech press release June 10, 2020: "ImmuneBiotech starts clinical trial of GutMagnific in ME/CFS in collaboration with Stora Sköndal ME clinic" http://www.immunebiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PR-ImmuneBiotech-ME-study-June-2020-.pdf

Here's the recently created Facebook page Justice for Holger: https://www.facebook.com/justiceforholger/

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04403854

More about Holger https://www.newsner.com/familj/antons-me-sjuka-bror-har-inte-suttit-upp-pa-1-ar-nekas-hjalp-av-kommunen-han-ligger-dar-och-lider/

I, too, am keeping good thoughts for you @Graham :hug:

Another sympathetic news article about Holger: Jönköpings-Posten: "Demonstranter tar strid för ME-sjuke Holger: 'Vi är utmattade, förnedrade och gråter hela tiden'" https://www.jp.se/artikel/demonstranter-i-skillingaryd-och-vaggeryd-hjalp-holger-nu Google Translate, English "Protesters fight...

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I tried LDN a few years ago. I was at the lower end of severely ill at the time. Started with 0.25mg. I didn't notice any improvements at all. What happened though, was that I got more and more tired/sleepy and slept more and more... and more... like 20 hours or more at a time. Awake for a few...