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  1. shak8

    Royal College of Physicians article: "Do you really believe in ME?" by Dr Nina Muirhead

    After watching "Jaws", my eight year old son wouldn't take a bath for three months as he was sure a great white could come in from a fresh water lake through the pipes.
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    Neuropathic pain

    Hope there is something else for you to try. Sounds like neuropathy to me, itching burning, etc. New drugs should come out at some point. Are you diabetic? Have you been allowed an opioid for the pain? Maybe another anti-seizure drug or something. Ask an endocrinologist? I have fibro and am...
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    Neuropathic pain

    You've got me curious. If you wade deep into the research article, they say that an oral dose of 600mg per day is the best of both worlds, as 1.2gm dose gives 27% of participants nausea. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836194/ I'm trying 4% lidocaine cream. Directions say: do NOT...
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    Neuropathic pain

    The research article I read about lipoic acid used 600mg/day as their dose. They had positive results when they tested at 5 weeks out. I wonder if you are taking too much?
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    Neuropathic pain

    This is sort of unrelated, but in my literature search (after getting angry about a psych-social and functional somatic disorder article) I remember reading about how people with fibro, etc. focus too much on their pain. That's the opposite of what helps me. If I don't tune in to my...
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    Transcultural, transdiagnostic and concurrent validity of a Control Scale of ME/CFS, FM & Type 1 Diabetes

    About as fruitful as trying to parse an inane philosophical tract. Psychiatrists live with the fairies.
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    NIH: Accelerating Research on ME/CFS meeting, 4th and 5th April 2019

    I'm sorry, I meant my going back to uni for probably 20 years.
  8. shak8

    NIH: Accelerating Research on ME/CFS meeting, 4th and 5th April 2019

    Might have to go back to uni for what, 10 years?
  9. shak8

    NIH: Accelerating Research on ME/CFS meeting, 4th and 5th April 2019

    Terrific program and thank you so much for finding schedule/presenters.
  10. shak8

    Does anyone here get worse in relation to stress?

    Bravo for the reliable and complete answer. Clear and rational. Thank you for taking the time to write this. I've bookmarked it.
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