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which appears exaggerated by blood type (more pronounced with blood-type O) Interesting.

Not criticising this particular paper or its authors, but I really wish post-infection was used instead of post-viral.

The "motivated' bit is a red flag too. I have no doubt they are dedicated and motivated. Just not to serving the interests of patients.

What @Trish said. For me PEM is the increase in overall symptom expression/intensity, highly disproportionate to the preceding effort (i.e. non-linear), with a major delayed component (≈ 12-36 hours). I have learned, to some degree, how to avoid provoking it any more than necessary, but at a...

Increased risk of a FND diagnosis after [checks notes] anything and everything.

I agree that no subject should be off-limits to comedy. But how it is done is where the limits kick in.

angiogenic adaptations to hypoxia That alone could explain so much.

Worth noting that beverage alcohol contains a lot more compounds than just ethanol and water (up to several hundred, IIRC), and some of those (e.g. ethyl acetate) contribute disproportionately more to the after effects than the ethanol. So it is possible that we are not reacting to the ethanol...

@Milo Earliest I can find with a quick search are Sharpe 1992, and Wessely 2004.

Another unusual symptom in common with ME. Alcohol reactions and sensitivity are not well characterized in the literature as it relates to post-viral illness. They have been long reported in the ME literature.

Long-standing, and very hard earned. In medical science those standards are written in patients' blood.

This is why the military generally don't like conscription.

Maybe persistent difficult-to-manage pain, especially when additionally burdened with misinterpretation and misattribution and mistreatment by doctors and broader society, causes depressed mood? Long shot, I know. But just maybe.

Psychotherapy and medication adherence are challenging in patients with somatic-type delusional disorder since they do not believe they are delusional and do not see why they would need to be treated for delusional disorder. Spot the flaw in the reasoning.

Always said that the first business of those who get power is to arrange things so they are never held accountable for any adverse outcomes of wielding that power.

According to the research council, MRC and NIHR have since 2020 collectively awarded more than £50 million for research on ME/CFS and long Covid. And how much of those funds went to the psychosomatic ideologues? This. And deconditioning.

Nothing has changed. They are refusing to learn the lessons of history. :grumpy:

Primary outcome was the difference in reduction in fibromyalgia severity as measured using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) Stopped there.

Very good article. a recent study found long COVID patients' quality of life scores were lower than people with advanced cancers like stage four lung cancer. It's déjà vu all over again. There, she sought support from a social worker, thinking they could use all the help they could get. But...

The time of day I typically have the most problem with balance, movement, coordination, cognition, and oxygen hunger, is just after awakening in the morning. No matter the quality of sleep immediately preceding it. No idea why that is. But it usually improves quickly.