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    Recovery Time: Pneumonia on top of ME/CFS

    Did you ever find it hard to tell which illness was making you feel bad? I originally came down with ME/CFS in 1991, and I feel almost as sick now as I did back then! Which was really sick!
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    Recovery Time: Pneumonia on top of ME/CFS

    Yes I'm just finishing a second round of antibiotics and I've been taking probiotics throughout. Also I am 68 and have read it takes older people longer to recover from pneumonia.
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    Recovery Time: Pneumonia on top of ME/CFS

    I'm getting over pneumonia and recovery is slow. At this point I can't tell whether it's the pneumonia or my ME/CFS or simple laziness that is making me feel so weak. Have had the ME/CFS for many years, but am normally a lot more active than this.
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    Reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with ME/CFS

    I also noticed the reference to "leaky gut." I thought the validity/existence of "leaky gut syndrome" was widely poo-poohed in conventional medicine. I was surprised to see this side-reference tossed in with no acknowledgement of how controversial it is. I do know that a healthy small...
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    Reduced diversity and altered composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with ME/CFS

    Here's a summary of the results in Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160627160939.htm
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    Original Cause of Illness: Swimming in Polluted Water?

    In the five months before I originally became ill with ME in 1991, I briefly "swam" a few times in the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia. The swims were both intentional and unintentional, as I was learning to row a rowing shell, and we were required to demonstrate that we could climb back...
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    Trazodone - Apotex generic 50 mg is available.

    Not sure what brand I take but it is so inexpensive. Partly because of insurance but I think partly because it's an old drug and not being promoted much.
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    Can't sleep at all

    Ugh. I'm so sorry.
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    Trazodone - Apotex generic 50 mg is available.

    What's the difference between Apotex Trazodone and Trazodone?
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    Can't sleep at all

    Insomnia is terrifying, and totally destructive to one's mental health. For me it kicked in about six weeks after I got sick with ME/CFS in 1991. Fortunately, it is easily treatable. I have been taking Trazodone by prescription ever since. It is a very inexpensive antidepressant with no side...