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Good question. None of my doctors has commented and I haven't asked (who even knows how seriously they took the ME diagnosis in the first place?). But I know what I think. All my symptoms - past and present - seem consistent with my new diagnosis. So yes, I suppose I never had "ME". But then...

@Josie, that's a really low dose of hydrocortisone, so I wouldn't expect it to give you a great deal of relief. Interesting that it gives you some, though. Just to give you a point of comparison: When in a bad crash, I used to get some relief from 40mg of prednisone daily, which is roughly...

Go @mayadusenbery! Thanks so much for your work.

Just thought I'd share this. My immunologist (who seems to really know his stuff) has just prescribed Zantac for me. I thought, "That's weird, isn't that for gastric problems?". Well, apparently, only recently, Zantac was discovered to be an IL6 (interleukin 6) inhibitor. IL6 is the cytokine...

Interesting, @Alvin. Though its hard to know what to make of it. I think the type of tasks they're using to measure memory involve a lot of different skills, so its unclear to me whether this is really about memory, or about the effect of good sleep on cognitive function more generally. There's...

Glad you're not too much the worse for wear, @Binkie4. Thanks for the good tips - although the one about being open about ME might not work so well in some environments!

I don't know much about RFCBT. But the models of depression on which mainstream CBT for depression is based - like the Beck model in all its incarnations - continue to attribute a central role to negative thoughts and rumination in particular. People sometimes assume that CBT is...

Please do be a devil's advocate!:devilish:;) Its much more fun when we're arguing from different points of view. You're right. And self-rated pain scores would be fine in a fully blinded study, like a drug study, because then they can't be biased by participants' expectations. The problem is...

Yes, I think ACT addresses some of the main problems with CBT.

If you were to google "psychodynamic", you'd get a huge number of papers too, so the paper count is more about the popularity of the movement than the strength of evidence. Here's what you'd need to do with your 79,000 papers to see if there's any solid evidence there. 1. Get rid of any...

I agree, @Peter Trewhitt. I thought Freud's early neurology work was good. And I did think this article was a little unfair in parts. It seemed to be applying 21st century standards to a much earlier era. Although the general thrust of the article seemed pretty on-target to me.