I am of the opinion that if a specific deficiency is diagnosed then a specific action can be taken to rectify the situation, e.g., 'you have been diagnosed with B12 deficiency' ok 'let's get you taking additional B12' and so on. The problem here is that ME/CFS seems 'complicated'.......yes well 2 + 2 = 4 was once complicated for stone age man whereas today it's simple even for most infant children, why? Education and which in turn requires an investment.
ME/CFS is complicated because relevant governments are not prepared to commit the proper resources to investigate the causes; basically it is just being tackled piecemeal. This means most of us cannot get the correct investigations and diagnosis and this in turn means we are often clutching at straws or adopting a scatter gun approach to trying to find a solution.
I have taken at various times a whole range of suppliments to try and find things that work; not one has made any difference at all, ever. I have changed my diet at various times and in most cases the suggested 'healthy' diet has made matters worse and/or else has not delivered any improvement other than what would be expected even for a healthy person, e.g., eat less and lose weight, and so on.
I am firmly of the opinion that many doctors and with the aid of the media are misleading people with their constant publishing of scientific studies and which are often not as relevant as they initially appear to be. How often do we see one minute 'coffee is bad for you, butter is bad for your, x is bad for you' and then some years later all the same things are now also good for us.
There is zero sanction or comeback against the media or scientist who pushed the original 'bad for you' message, they just get away with it, even though millions of people may have changed their eating/drinking habits.
My take on it is this: If too much sugar is bad for us then why have successive governments and medical experts allowed too much sugar to be put into products? Basically they have failed. If too much salt is bad for us then the same question. Basically they have failed.
Why have manufacturers been allowed by governments and medical authorities over years to push bleach this, germ killer that, such that people are spraying chemicals all around their houses and living in a sterile environment but which is full of chemicals and whilst overall getting fatter, less healthy, etc? Basically they have failed. I am watching on TV now be careful when you flush the toilet because the water pushes germs out, so you need product x! More chemicals!
What a lot of bull $hit. Governments have allowed manufacturers to push crap and which had led to people being stuck in air tight homes, due to double glazing and having to stop all draughts to save the envionment, whilst at the same time eating more and more junk food and doing less and less excercise and whilst at the same time in one sense making the environment more sterile, which means we lower our resistance to the bugs we were once used to, but in another sense exposing ourselves to a whole range of chemicals and over a long period of time.
No wonder we are damn sick!
I go see my doctors and all they can basically do is dish out antibiotics, write sick notes and/or push the same old $hite that I can read on the internet, which is where they get it from. If you visit with anything other than that which they can read an easy answer from a medical book then most of them are not interested because, because it does not pay them to be.
I speak to my doctor and he says "this test is clear", ok then doc "what is causing this then" and the doc says "I do not know" to which I say "ok then what are you going to do about knowing then, because hey doc I am an engineer and I fix things and I investigate until I have fixed something and so on and as I understand things, unless I am mistaken and have come to the wrong place, you are a medical doctor".
"Go away philpot and try a few suppliments and a variety of things a see what you come up with". Our government and our medical profession are failing us justy. That is basically it in a nutshell. The government is responsible for it's people and the medical profession are responsible to find solutions to ill health.
In reality we have to be our own doctor.
Regards.