Treatment plan:
http://www.bcwomens.ca/Professional-Resources-site/Documents/Clinical Protocal-ME-CFS 1.4.pdf
It lists both GET and CBT as having "Level A" evidence.
The timing is almost comical considering the beating PACE is currently taking.
It also lists SSRIs and SNRIs as being effective for all symptoms outside of fatigue and pain ?!
and claims these are effective 50% of the time! I honestly cannot even fathom where they got this from.
There are plentiful studies showing negative or null results for anti-depressants in ME. and I have never seen a single one that claimed improvement in the symptoms they mention such as: "palpitations", "temperature fluctuations", or in general functioning
beyond these treatments it recommends some unproven alternative stuff (mindfulness, trigger-points etc) which I can only assume they threw in for some good ol' placebo effect.
http://www.bcwomens.ca/Professional-Resources-site/Documents/Clinical Protocal-ME-CFS 1.4.pdf
It lists both GET and CBT as having "Level A" evidence.
The timing is almost comical considering the beating PACE is currently taking.
It also lists SSRIs and SNRIs as being effective for all symptoms outside of fatigue and pain ?!
and claims these are effective 50% of the time! I honestly cannot even fathom where they got this from.
There are plentiful studies showing negative or null results for anti-depressants in ME. and I have never seen a single one that claimed improvement in the symptoms they mention such as: "palpitations", "temperature fluctuations", or in general functioning
beyond these treatments it recommends some unproven alternative stuff (mindfulness, trigger-points etc) which I can only assume they threw in for some good ol' placebo effect.