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Is that not simply shock? Something that can kick in before you even process the news? My tuppence worth - I was a very young adult and the person closest to me in the world at that time literally dropped dead. Completely unexpectedly. The first thing I felt was my stomach drop - a horrible...

There can be diminished attention too but no, I mean very unpredictable memory. I simply cannot rely on it. For example, if I answer the phone, IM might come in as I replace the receiver and ask who called. I'm baffled and ask him if the phone rang. i might remember later that day, the next...

Sorry if the conversation has moved on but as it's an argument that keeps coming up - As I see it there's a) the illness, there's b)what you think & how you perceive it & the way it affects you and c) hiw you manage the condition. So let's say type 1 diabetes, how you perceive it may affect...

:laugh: No but the way things are going I wonder if, like Hitchhiker's, they already have the answer and just have to find the right question. Again.

Once again I am reminded of the Hitchhiker's Guide and why the white mice felt it was necessary to build the Earth in the first place.

This is the very area that BPS proponents make maximum use of to gain traction. You take a grain of truth and then conflate. It's undeniable that there are people who already suffer health anxiety or are at a trigger point in their lives to develop such problems who will be tipped over the...

I suspect the answer has nothing to do with medicine and everything to do with politics.

As usual the same terms used by different doctors can mean different things. With regards to brittle diabetes, my own endocrinologist used the term to help me understand what was happening with a teenage family member whose diabetes was poorly controlled through no fault of their own. His...

Fantastic. You literally couldn't buy that kind of coverage. Prof. Sharpe may consider himself the "only show" in town but he's certainly provided a lot of interest. :thumbup:

Of course some ME patients gain weight and this is as much due to the inability to afford, acquire and prepare the food needed for a nutritious & balanced diet. It is quite possible to also be overweight and malnourished. I carb crave when in PEM while at the same time my appetite can decrease...

The drawback seems to be cost effective often simply means coming out of a different budget or cost centre rather than actual value for money. Denial of social care and housing for example might result in keeping the budget for that down or arguing that you are being efficient by not letting...

True. He's also free to publicly state he's changed his mind and why if that were tye case though. He certainly can't claim he hasn't had the opportunity. I would have nothing for respect for someone who, having publicly espoused on therapy or hypothesis, then publicly stated they'd changed...

SureCan FFS!

I'm sure there are some very good therapists who do help people. The issue I take with the whole field is the lack of any oversight or accountability. When it comes to mental health it seems that any worsening on the part of the patient is automatically down to the patient being non compliant...

As a child I definitely did. Both my parents worked so me getting sick really.took it's toll on their finances. It also meant I was stuck under a beady eye when I had plenty of mischief to be making. No. "Recovery" is when the person, be they adult or child, can do what a healthy adult or...

The breath taking arrogance of it. Just because you've not seen, or recognised it happening yourself doesn't mean it's not a possibility. If a therapy has a positive effect when implemented well to the right patient then given to the wrong patient and not done properly it can harm. It's...

:laugh: Interesting that they weigh the anecdotal evidence of a medical professional - even one who has appeared somewhat less than objective to the point of hysteria - over patients who aren't medics. Not only that they cheerfully ignore the lived experience of the vast majority, many too ill...

Done.

A GP I had for.a while who was fairly ME aware actually said to me, ai keep forgetting you have ME because you're so cheerful. I dunno if it's cheerfulness or that I have a rather dark sense of humour - something that's gotten me in hot water more than once. Yeah. There's a lot in my life...

Heart sink were exactly the two words that came to.mind. Good luck to her and anyone who finds it helpful. I'm just heartily sick of all the people who seem happy to tell me how to live my best life & be the person I was meant to be and so on.I just find it a bit presumptuous and arrogant even...