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Thoughts About ME blogpost on Dr. Breus' PACE blogpost

justinreilly

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I have left a comment at Dr. Breus' blogpost and emailed him,which I urge everyone to do. You can email him from the following webpage:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/michael-j-breus-phd

Below is my email to him:

Re: your article of March 7 2013,
“Exercise and CBT Can Help Chronic Fatigue”,
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleep-newzzz/201303/exercise-and-cbt-can-help-chronic-fatigue

Sorry doc, but you have been hoodwinked by a small group of insurance lobbyists, who were trained as psychiatrists and pose as scientists, namely the authors of this study. I have to agree with all the other posters that this study has been roundly discredited. every patient survey done, some with patient numbers in the thousands, as well as several studies with much better methodology have proven that GET is the most dangerous and least helpful of any “therapy” for MEcfs.

I implore you to look into this situation and write a new article with the facts. Many many ME patients have been severely harmed by GET. I am at your service to discuss the situation and direct you to the relevant studies and critiques if you chose to look into this matter. Thank you very much for your consideration.