1. 50 experts and 171 advocates oppose the HHS/IOM Contract to re-define ME/CFS.
    Check out our IOM Contract Forum for the latest news and to join the campaign.

Symptoms

  1. Post-Exertional Malaise, Fatigue, and Crashes

    Have you lost your physical and mental stamina? Does minimal activity result in muscular and cognitive exhaustion/fatigue? Does it take days/weeks to recover? This is the place to discuss post-exertional malaise, post-exertional neuro-immune exhaustion, abnormal fatigue and crashes.
    Discussions:
    145
    Messages:
    2,429
    Latest: Can you please tell me if this is PEM? Prosons, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:32 PM
    RSS

  2. Pain and Inflammation

    Many with ME/CFS report a significant degree of pain or myalgia. This is the place to discuss pain, whether widespread, localized, migratory, chronic or acute. Inflammation is the localized reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, and/or infection. Pain and inflammation often go together but not always. Discuss any issues with inflammation here.
    Discussions:
    143
    Messages:
    1,763
    Latest: Face Pain? Sinus pain? Nerve pain? Anyone? Martial, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:55 AM
    RSS

  3. Neurological/Neuro-sensory

    Do you have disturbances of taste, smell, hearing, and vision? Do you experience sensory overload, vertigo, feeling unsteady, dizziness, seizures, or disturbances of perception? This is the place to discuss neurological (related to the brain) symptoms. Discuss symptoms related to cognition (thinking, reasoning, brain fog) in the 'Cognition' forum.
    Discussions:
    132
    Messages:
    2,114
    Latest: Sympathetic - Parasympathetic- or both? soxfan, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:17 PM
    RSS

  4. Cognition

    Physical illness often translates into cognitive difficulties. Do you experience symptoms related to attention, memory, language production, learning, reasoning, problem solving and generalized brain fog? Discuss these symptoms here. Do you experience irritability, anxiety, depression that are the result of physical illness or related to having a complex and misunderstood chronic illness? If so, this is the place to discuss them.
    Discussions:
    79
    Messages:
    1,447
    Latest: is brain fog caused by OI? xchocoholic, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:09 PM
    RSS

  5. Sleep

    This is the place to discuss insomnia, prolonged sleep, frequent awakening, awakening early, disturbing dreams, non-refreshing sleep, sleep apnea, and restless leg syndrome.
    Discussions:
    122
    Messages:
    2,356
    Latest: Night Sweats gettinbetter, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:08 PM
    RSS

  6. Peripheral Neuropathy

    Peripheral Neuropathy refers to damaged nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord. This is the place to discuss nerve pain, numbness, loss of sensation, burning, twitching, and itching (unrelated to allergies).
    Discussions:
    46
    Messages:
    719
    Latest: How many of us have neuropathic pain/damage; both peripheral and autonomic? soxfan, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:08 AM
    RSS

  7. Immunological

    Do you have recurrent sore throats, flu-like symptoms, and tender lymph nodes; viral, bacterial and fungal infections; reactions to immunizations; and allergies? This is the place to discuss these symptoms.
    Discussions:
    195
    Messages:
    3,515
    Latest: Complete remission of symptoms when I have hay fever - anyone else had this? Mya Symons, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:34 AM
    RSS

  8. Hypersensitivity and Intolerance

    Do you have symptoms related to hypersensitivity and/or intolerances to food, mold, chemicals, medications, and electromagnetic energy? Post about them here.
    Discussions:
    89
    Messages:
    1,594
    Latest: Questions about food intolerance (grain) NilaJones, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:15 PM
    RSS

  9. Autonomic, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory

    This is the place to discuss autonomic symptoms such as Orthostatic Intolerance (OI), Neurally-Mediated Hypotension (NMH), Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), and difficulty regulating body temperature. You can also discuss any issues related to the heart, circulation (e.g. poor blood flow, low blood volume), and respiration (e.g. air hunger, difficulty breathing).
    Discussions:
    214
    Messages:
    3,742
    Latest: difficulty breathing and Dr didn't seem to consider asthma? minkeygirl, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:13 AM
    RSS

  10. Hormones

    Post about symptoms related to hormone production. This includes both endocrine (e.g. thyroid, pituitary, adrenal) and reproductive (e.g. estrogen, testosterone, progesterone) hormones.
    Discussions:
    91
    Messages:
    1,153
    Latest: Some troubles after weaning off of hydrocortisone WoolPippi, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:37 AM
    RSS

  11. Gastrointestinal and Urinary

    Do you experience nausea, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, dehydration, difficulties with blood sugar, liver issues, gallbladder issues, gastritis, malabsorption, difficulty swallowing, weight loss, weight gain, leaky gut, general problems with nutrition, urinary frequency and bladder dysfunction? Post about these symptoms here.
    Discussions:
    171
    Messages:
    2,630
    Latest: metametrix discontinue dna pcr technology Thinktank, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:37 AM
    RSS

  12. Skeleton, Skin, Muscles, Hair, Teeth, and Nails

    Skin irritation, rashes, oily skin, dry skin, generalized skin changes, broken bones, fractures, stiff joints, changes in hair, dental problems, nail abnormalities, muscle issues other than pain, and connective tissue disorders? Post about them here.
    Discussions:
    149
    Messages:
    1,942
    Latest: Creepy crawly skin? taroki, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM
    RSS

  13. General Symptoms

    If your symptoms fit into multiple sub-forums or don’t seem to fit into any of the sub-forums, you can post about them here.
    Discussions:
    272
    Messages:
    3,780
    Latest: Sore throat when speaking Forbin, Mar 7, 2014 at 3:22 PM
    RSS
Sort by:
Title Start Date
Replies ↓ Views
Last Message
  1. There are no threads to display.

Thread Display Options

Loading...