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That's a logical fallacy known as "Argument from authority", they should judge papers based on their merit not which journal they were published in. As for meta-analyses, garbage in - garbage out.

Doesn't say what criteria was used, probably something overly inclusive given that Esther Crawley was involved. The majority were not obese, and those that were could have been because of fatigue severity. Waste of money if you ask me.

I found this article on the same website: https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-11/edition-5/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-suitable-case-treatment The article is from the 1990s, it's full of references to Wessely, Sharpe, White, Chalder, and even Elaine Showalter.

I suffer from PERI - Post Exertional Rheumatic Injury instead of PEM. Exertions can cause permanent worsening. I don't meet the CCC, ICC, or SEID, yet I'm considered very severe (100% bed bound). Edit: I would say I have atypical ME although it could be an undiscovered form of EDS.

I was sectioned on 20th August 2014 and kept there for a month. The staff in the psychiatric ward told me I wasn't in any pain and on one occasion refused to help me up after I'd fallen over due to a reaction from the medication they forced me to take. They forced me to walk around despite...

Exhaustion is too easily conflated with tiredness and fatigue. If people accept ME as exercise intolerance, they will question headlines like "Got ME? Get Out And Exercise". They will think "Hang on a minute, exercise makes ME patients worse". I think a great disservice has been done to ME...

"Which can cause an intolerance of exercise & exertion" sounds better.

When I was at college I got no diagnosis and no help what so ever with my illness. As a result I failed and was blamed. Later when I developed moderate to severe ME my GP refused to help me with my housing application which would have prevented me getting permanently worse. The house I was...

I don't have much choice as I'm 100% bedbound.

I'd like to add two points of my own: 6) Stop conflating ME with fatigue. 7) Believe that patients can get permanently worse by being pushed beyond their threshold.

I thought the whole point of SEID was to distance ourselves from chronic fatigue not be synonymized with it.

In the case of MCS the claim by patients is that they suffer symptoms as a result of exposure to certain chemicals not necessarily that they are better at detection than healthy controls. You mean like the easy answer that the cause is psychological or psychosomatic? So you're happy to be...

Where is he getting these figures from? There's no way 2.6% of GP visits are ME patients, chronic fatigue may be but not ME. Conflating the two is a tactic often used by Wessely and his colleagues. I doubt 50% of ME patients have major depression, unfortunately the references for his claims are...

I replied on YouTube with: @10:48 "resistance to the diagnosis is about the stigma". This is a strawman argument against ME patients who suffer worsening of symptoms (in some cases permanently) from exercise or exertion. Under a psychological model worsening of symptoms are not believed by...

Merged thread: The reality of imaginary illness I replied on YouTube with: @10:48 "resistance to the diagnosis is about the stigma". This is a strawman argument against ME patients who suffer worsening of symptoms (in some cases permanently) from exercise or exertion. Under a psychological...

@1:55 Esther Crawley says "...there's good evidence for CBT in paediatric CFS". What evidence is she referring to? Also why are the comments disabled, are they afraid of descenting opinions? You can discuss this video on this thread

UK CMRC Conference 2016 - Video of Esther Crawley's lecture @1:55 Esther Crawley says "...there's good evidence for CBT in paediatric CFS". What evidence is she referring to? Also why are the comments disabled, are they afraid of descenting opinions?

I have Reynaud's which may contribute to difficulty giving blood.

This is a general thread for the discussion of videos related to ME. Both good and bad videos are to be included. I'll start with a positive: Notice at 2m47s - He says ME crashes can be permanent which is very relevant to me since I've become 100% bedbound due to doctors, friends, family not...

What makes you say that?