Welcome to Phoenix Rising!
Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of and finding treatments for complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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I haven't yet bothered to try to see an ME/CFS specialist, because as far as I know, there's no point. What good is a piece of paper officially stating that a doctor has judged that I probably have the disorder? I'm waiting for a treatment that requires an official clinical diagnosis.