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    The difference between MS and ME

    I have found this document on the web site `The Hummingbirds` Foundation for M.E.` very useful when comparing the similarities and differences between M.E. and MS http://www.hfme.org/PDF/ME_vs_MS.pdf I also have a very close friend who has MS and although we have some similarities we also have...
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    3 Things that Help the Most!!

    Rest Pacing Meditation
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    3 things you tried that made you WORSE!

    GET Amitryptiline Stress in life!
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    Which CFS Symptom Do You Hate the Most?

    Loss of cognitive abilities and lack of a decent nights sleep for one reason or another!
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    Since your ME/CFS onset, have you caught the Cold & or Flu more or less frequently?

    Pre M.E. I had lots of colds and coughs, though I can`t recall having the flu. My first signs of flu in fact turned out to be M.E. In the begining I caught a lot of colds but as time has gone on that has diminished to next to nothing. I am mostly housebound but the odd occasions I come into...
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    Healthy until contracted ME/CFS?

    As a child I had lots of colds and infections in the ears and had my tonsils out at an early age. At school I picked up all the usual, mumps, measles and chickenpox. I was fairly fit and healthy after that though I was prone to still catching colds and coughs that were hard to shift. My health...