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  1. Arnie Pye

    Intimidation of PACE critics or critics of other Psychosocial research

    That would mean the Countess of Mar was at the bottom of the hierarchy (Edit : In SW's view), based on the treatment she got from SW. Didn't he invite her for lunch a few years ago then didn't actually offer her any food or drink, bought his own lunch, and she had to order and pay for her own...
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    Intimidation of PACE critics or critics of other Psychosocial research

    It is worth recording the date (and time if available) for everything recorded in this thread.
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    Royal College of Surgeons blog: Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis and HIV combined?

    Off topic (mostly). After reading the link in the OP I poked around on the same site and came across this link, dated 10th November 2016 : https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/news-and-events/blog/the-right-to-autonomy-of-treatment-is-a-common-law-right/ Title : A common law right to autonomy of...
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    Skin crawling/formication

    I've had this problem in the past but it does seem to have slowly dwindled over the years. In my case the commonest sensation I got was it felt like I had a drop of water trickling down my nose. Sometimes I would feel like I had a hair on my nose or on my eyelids or around my eyes. I still get...
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    Trial By Error: Letters to Fiona Godlee and Nigel Hawkes

    In some medical circles the word "female" is also a loaded term, ripe with connotations of hysteria, hypochondria and attention-seeking
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    EAT-Lancet study under scrutiny

    Some more links from people not happy with Eat Lancet : 20 Ways EAT Lancet's Global Diet is Wrongfully Vilifying Meat - Sustainable Dish The EAT Lancet diet is nutritionally deficient – Zoë Harcombe Joanna Blythman on Twitter: "Pesticides, fertilisers, #gm (Bayer/Monsanto, BASF...
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    Effects of a brief CBT and transcranial direct current stimulation on odor sensitivity: An exploratory investigation (2019)

    I used to have an excellent sense of smell. I found it very useful for making sure I didn't eat bad food, identifying the occasional fire, detecting when the dog had rolled in something stinky. So it's actually a very useful attribute to have. I'm very annoyed that my sense of smell has waned so...
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    Does Positive Thinking in Pregnancy Boost Children's Maths Skills?

    This is what sprung to mind when I read this :
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    Ethical classification of ME/CFS in the United Kingdom (2019) Diane O'Leary

    If MUS are so common it suggests that today's doctors aren't taught how to diagnose anything very much, at least if the problem is not visible. From the experience of friends and relatives over the last few years : Doctors took : 1) 1 year to diagnose ovarian cancer - by the time it was...
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    Ethical classification of ME/CFS in the United Kingdom (2019) Diane O'Leary

    This has already happened. I went to an A&E 70 miles from home in spring last year following a minor accident. I thought I might have broken my arm. I had never set foot in this particular hospital in my life before. When I gave my name and address the receptionist looked me up on her computer...
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    The Case of the Scientific Ruse

    or an alternative title I came up with was "The Day That Medicine Died". Link : https://emcrit.org/emnerd/the-case-of-the-scientific-ruse/ Article continues here : https://emcrit.org/emnerd/the-case-of-the-scientific-ruse/
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    Use of antidepressants for/with ME/CFS?

    Snap! I did get a reduction in pain levels with the TCAs. But I also got tachycardia. And the tachycardia was intolerable, so I had to give the TCAs up. The amitriptyline gave me a heart rate of around 150 bpm, the nortriptyline gave me a heart rate of 135 bpm. Neither was tolerable for very...
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    Post-bacterial infection chronic fatigue syndrome is not a latent infection. Melenotte et al. (2019).

    Link to the above paper : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0399077X18307923
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    Does your ME cause sleep inversion?

    I was aware of the problem with diphenhydramine. I had really severe sleeping problems a few years ago and took the maximum dose of the stuff every night for several months. Eventually I got all sorts of new health problems developing that I traced to the diphenhydramine and I stopped taking...
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    Her Face Droops Without Explanation. Can You Tell Us Why?

    [My bold] It is my understanding that many doctors in the UK would disagree with the idea that a functional disorder is not psychiatric. Many of them blame the patient's mental health and tell them they are probably stressed and they should lose some weight, do some exercise, and get plenty of...
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    Does your ME cause sleep inversion?

    My emphasis. I've tried sleeping on sleeper trains between Scotland and England, and failed miserably. This was many years ago, I don't know if the service still exists. I've also struggled to sleep on cruise ships. The idea of sleeping or trying to sleep while constantly moving sounds like my...
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