The speech bubble is small, but reads "You know these people really just do it for the attention."

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The speech bubble is small, but reads "You know these people really just do it for the attention."
I think it might have been in a twitter exchange, possibly on this threadI recall reading some years ago that Michael Sharpe stated that "ME should not have been
mixed-in with CFS".?
If this is true? Does anyone know WHEN and WERE he stated this?
I think it is important for actuate records for
reference.
Sharpe does like Wessely and says whatever is convenient to convince the people he's talking to. He goes back and forth with word games. His talk is as cheap as it gets.I recall reading some years ago that Michael Sharpe stated that "ME should not have been
mixed-in with CFS".?
If this is true? Does anyone know WHEN and WERE he stated this?
I think it is important for actuate records for
reference.
I have just read Ed Yong's latest excellent article about Long Covid and other post viral illnesses including ME/CFS in The Atlantic
And because “there’s not a lot of humility in medicine, people end up blaming patients instead of looking for answers,”
He has wittered on and off about this down the years, as have others, saying that PACE was about CFS not ME, but when you look at the trial manuals they mostly refer to CFS/ME.I recall reading some years ago that Michael Sharpe stated that "ME should not have been
mixed-in with CFS".?
If this is true? Does anyone know WHEN and WERE he stated this?
I think it is important for actuate records for
reference.
I wonder if he also thinks not believing in misaligned chakra factors or negative orgone energy factors counts as being overly reductionist.Isn't it strange how the people who reduce every problem to "wrong thoughts and behaviour" also mention "biomedical reductionism" a lot?
Your story is markedly similar to what happened to me. When I first got ME, I had no idea what happened. I was in college at the time, and the biggest change was that my mental health plummeted because I could no longer handle the mental load. I also had major trouble concentrating. I had physical PEM too, but I never connected it to my neurocognitive symptoms until I learned about ME, 3 years after becoming ill.recognized myself so much in the testimonials about disastrous consequences of brain fog. Before literally no longer be able to get out of bed one morning, I worked 1 year very sick with significant cognitive issues. I had an intellectual profession, I noticed my performance decrease significantly without however understanding what was happening to me. I was thinking, through all the other symptoms I had, " How is it possible that I'm 'unlearning', that my mind is less sharp and losing its agility, that I feel like I'm becoming less and less intelligent ?? " It was just hell... When you start having to leave work 2 hours later than normal every day because you can't finish your records on time because of a clearly failing memory, attention, concentration, it is just pure survival.
Before literally no longer be able to get out of bed one morning, I worked 1 year very sick with significant cognitive issues. I had an intellectual profession, I noticed my performance decrease significantly
Plus they used (a modified version of) the London ME Criteria to select a sub-group of the trial participants.He has wittered on and off about this down the years, as have others, saying that PACE was about CFS not ME, but when you look at the trial manuals they mostly refer to CFS/ME.
Me too. Struggled on in the job for about 18 months, with lots of paid then unpaid sick leave, but had to quit. Then tried more full time, then part time, study for 2-3 years, which was a little bit easier for a while because I had more control over my schedule. But clearly that was not sustainable either, and I was still operating very much sub-par.Before literally no longer be able to get out of bed one morning, I worked 1 year very sick with significant cognitive issues. I had an intellectual profession, I noticed my performance decrease significantly without however understanding what was happening to me.
It was just hell... When you start having to leave work 2 hours later than normal every day because you can't finish your records on time because of a clearly failing memory, attention, concentration, it is just pure survival.
I recognized myself so much in the testimonials about disastrous consequences of brain fog. Before literally no longer be able to get out of bed one morning, I worked 1 year very sick with significant cognitive issues. I had an intellectual profession, I noticed my performance decrease significantly without however understanding what was happening to me. I was thinking, through all the other symptoms I had, " How is it possible that I'm 'unlearning', that my mind is less sharp and losing its agility, that I feel like I'm becoming less and less intelligent ?? " It was just hell... When you start having to leave work 2 hours later than normal every day because you can't finish your records on time because of a clearly failing memory, attention, concentration, it is just pure survival
Your story is markedly similar to what happened to me. When I first got ME, I had no idea what happened. I was in college at the time, and the biggest change was that my mental health plummeted because I could no longer handle the mental load. I also had major trouble concentrating. I had physical PEM too, but I never connected it to my neurocognitive symptoms until I learned about ME, 3 years after becoming ill.
Vaguely thinking something was wrong, but being clueless how severe or permanent was for three years was a very bizarre experience. I knew I wasn't the same person as before, but didn't know to express it. The most striking example of this was late one night in July or August of 2020. I was testing electronics to sell on eBay and needed a video tape. I rummaged around for one and popped it in the VCR/DVD combo I was testing. The content on the tape was rather mundane--a random recording of the local news from 2011--but for some reason, it made so many memories come flooding back. I nearly broke down crying at the thought that I was so much more functioning back then, and in previous years, but I had no idea why. (For context, I was 15 in 2012. I was between my 3rd and 4th years college and 21 when I got sick in 2018, and I was 23 and working as an eBay seller, but doing quite poorly due to my illness, when this happened.)
This is rather autobiographical, but it also links into the main topic of the thread. My belief that my symptoms were mental, my lack of awareness of ME/CFS, and my doctors' lack of awareness of ME/CFS caused me severe emotional stress and made me waste three years of my life. I want to see increased awareness of ME/CFS, and for it to be treated as a biological disorder, so nobody ever goes through the same thing as me.
I had an almost identical experience, and it was the most demoralising year of my life.
Me too. Struggled on in the job for about 18 months, with lots of paid then unpaid sick leave, but had to quit. Then tried more full time, then part time, study for 2-3 years, which was a little bit easier for a while because I had more control over my schedule. But clearly that was not sustainable either, and I was still operating very much sub-par.
At that point I just floated for a few months wondering what the feck was going to happen to me now, before finally getting a diagnosis.
Me too. I actually worked my entire career with ME brain fog, but the severity fluctuated and what you've written is a good description of the times when my function dropped right off.
When I also developed B12 deficiency, which added memory loss so bad I sometimes couldn't remember how to spell simple words, I realised I was working absurdly long hours in order to keep up and still spending most of the time either putting right my own mistakes or setting up systems to make sure I didn't forget important things. When I had to ring someone on a pretext because I'd forgotten how to find out what date it was (using a phone that displayed the date on the lock screen), I knew I couldn't carry on.
I recall reading some years ago that Michael Sharpe stated that "ME should not have been mixed-in with CFS".?
The more I hear about all this, the more confused I get.
is this ongoing confusion woolly thinking or deliberate obfuscation?
Yup. The published protocol is titled: "Protocol for the PACE trial: A randomised controlled trial of adaptive pacing, cognitive behaviour therapy, and graded exercise as supplements to standardised specialist medical care versus standardised specialist medical care alone for patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis or encephalopathy".He has wittered on and off about this down the years, as have others, saying that PACE was about CFS not ME, but when you look at the trial manuals they mostly refer to CFS/ME.
My early notes also mostly emphasize psychological issues. It was so hard to pinpoint what was happening to me. Over time the physical symptoms became much more obvious but for me it was mostly dizziness/lightheadedness, brain fog, headaches, feeling concussed.Your story is markedly similar to what happened to me. When I first got ME, I had no idea what happened. I was in college at the time, and the biggest change was that my mental health plummeted because I could no longer handle the mental load. I also had major trouble concentrating. I had physical PEM too, but I never connected it to my neurocognitive symptoms until I learned about ME, 3 years after becoming ill.
Vaguely thinking something was wrong, but being clueless how severe or permanent was for three years was a very bizarre experience. I knew I wasn't the same person as before, but didn't know to express it. The most striking example of this was late one night in July or August of 2020. I was testing electronics to sell on eBay and needed a video tape. I rummaged around for one and popped it in the VCR/DVD combo I was testing. The content on the tape was rather mundane--a random recording of the local news from 2011--but for some reason, it made so many memories come flooding back. I nearly broke down crying at the thought that I was so much more functioning back then, and in previous years, but I had no idea why. (For context, I was 15 in 2012. I was between my 3rd and 4th years college and 21 when I got sick in 2018, and I was 23 and working as an eBay seller, but doing quite poorly due to my illness, when this happened.)
This is rather autobiographical, but it also links into the main topic of the thread. My belief that my symptoms were mental, my lack of awareness of ME/CFS, and my doctors' lack of awareness of ME/CFS caused me severe emotional stress and made me waste three years of my life. I want to see increased awareness of ME/CFS, and for it to be treated as a biological disorder, so nobody ever goes through the same thing as me.