• Welcome to Phoenix Rising!

    Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of and finding treatments for complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.

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Living with ME/CFS

Lifestyle management, finances, relationships (members only), spirituality, and a place for parents and caregivers to meet (members only).

Information and Resources

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Lifestyle Management

Can lifestyle management make a big difference? Some research suggests it can. Discuss pacing, envelope therapy, sleep hygiene, diet, exercise , relationships, emotional factors and more in this forum.
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Finances, Work, and Disability

Working and managing one's finances are two of the trickiest aspects of this disease and disability can be lifeline. Figure out how to manage these fundamental issues in this forum.
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Disease Onset and Progression

A forum for any topic related to epidemiology and prognosis, including: predisposing factors such as genetics or childhood infections, type of disease onset such as sudden or gradual, any initial infectious trigger whether part of an outbreak or isolated, natural course of the disease including remissions and relapses, prevalence of the disease in the population or by gender, family clusters, the possibility of transmission, autopsies, etc.
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Spirituality and ME/CFS

Topics related to spirituality and coping with ME/CFS. Threads about how spirituality helps you, relevant experiences, useful resources, prayer lists, sincere questions, etc. Please respect other posters and do not tear down their views.
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