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    Klimas Conference Video 3: Voices of Hope

    BS - I seriously doubt either of these three had CFS - vitamin supplements - a sleep aid - a VO2 test? Give me a break. This looks like an attempt to show progress where there really is none. If some doctor told me I just had to take more vitamins or get more exercise - I'd be tempted to break...
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    CDC - Allostatic load - nervous system?

    I truly appreciate your responses. I have followed the news here for many years but have not entered into a discussion because - well because it's so powerful emotionally to talk to others who understand instead of loosing all contact with the world and life I once knew and this slow descent...
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    CDC - Allostatic load - nervous system?

    Thank you for taking the time to respond. In my time with CFS (17 years), it is clear to me I am easily stressed mentally and that this stress is tremendously debilitating. I am also impacted by PEM and this may disable me for a period of time but is hardly as impactful. An argument, a long...
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    CDC - Allostatic load - nervous system?

    Several years ago the CDC conducted a study suggesting a gene within our nervous system that regulates our reaction to stress was damaged in people with CFS. This was the first thing I ever read about CFS that made sense and could account for the wide diversity of individuals impacted by this...