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    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, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.

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    What creates the worst PEM for you?

    Showering was a big issue for me too. A few years ago I observed that the PEM after showering depended a lot on the temperature. So maybe you have problems with heat/high temperatures? Then it could be helpful to reduce temperature.
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    Rest periods and can CFS people get really well?

    Hi all, this is my first post here so I hope you won`t understand it as a promotion.. Please excuse my incorrect kind of writing. I´m from germany ;-) Suffering from ME since 6.5 years. My experience by making a lot of rest periods is that I can reduce PEM and sometimes arise my Energylevel...