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    Anyone found treatments that resolve/help orthostatic hypertension?

    Hi everyone I know there have been various threads discussing the ins and outs of why BP goes up or down for ME/CFS patients. This thread is for anyone who has found a treatment, whether medication or supplement, that actually improves or removes an increase in BP upon standing. My BP while...
  2. Abdallah

    L-carnitine great results for fatigue

    hello everyone, i hope you all doing good i read thread here someone said that L-carnitine helped them so i started taking it yesterday, the first day i took 1 pill 500mg, after 30 minutes i felt nice and comfortable feeling inside my body, but i did not felt energy the first day but there was...
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    Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure is Related to Impaired Endothelial Vasodilator Function (2004) Kerry et al.

    https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2004/04_06a_04.html "Exercise Hypertension" Occurs When Cells Can't "Relax," Hopkins Researchers Find Stewart, Kerry et al., "Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure is Related to Impaired Endothelial Vasodilator Function," American Journal of...
  4. Murph

    Effects of warm water immersion on blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability in CFS

    S Afr J Physiother. 2018; 74(1): 442. Published online 2018 Aug 28. doi: 10.4102/sajp.v74i1.442 PMCID: PMC6131699 PMID: 30214947 The effects of warm water immersion on blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability in people with chronic fatigue syndrome Romy Parker,1,2 Zeenath Higgins,2...