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Hmm. The argument is that it lies within the nervous system (physically), but then you mention avoidance/dissociation (psychological)? This reminds me of a lot of physical/psychological/"it's all in your head" discussions with various sorts of CFS sufferer, most of whom have serious problems getting anyone to take seriously the possibility that it might not be all in your head.

https://www.cfsselfhelp.org/pacing-tutorial reminds me of what the livejournallers called "spoon theory". In both cases the observation is that exceeding one's limits can cause a "crash" of much worsened symptoms. At least it recognizes PEM and doesn't recommend blindly applying graduated exercise therapy.

Do you have any good research on ME/CFS biomarkers?

parent pjc50 3 years ago

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