diagnosis

If you are still struggling to be heard, no one believes you, doctors dismiss you, family shuns you - just know, if you hang in there a little longer, if you try yet another doctor...someone will finally get it. I have given up so many times. Sometimes years have gone by and I've quietly dealt...

My partner's appointment with the local NHS ME/CFS "specialist" clinic finally came around. (None of the doctors are actually ME specialists, just a team of physios, occupational therapists and dieticians.) I did the appointment on their behalf (with their consent) as they are too unwell. My...

Authors: Iñigo Murga Gandasegui, Larraitz Aranburu Laka, Pascual-Ángel Gargiulo, Juan-Carlos Gómez-Esteban, José-Vicente Lafuente Sánchez Published: 27 September 2021 doi: 10.3390/medicina57101030 Abstract

I'm seeing a new doctor, and I'm really hoping he's open to working through differentials and eventually diagnosis. However, I'm terribly scared that he will be everything we don't want in a doctor: unwilling, unbelieving, rude, "GET and CBT", etc. I have been keeping track of symptoms...

Mecfs352 is a ‘thinktank’ of tertiary students in Australia (see also @MECFS352 on Twitter) that is building a portfolio of evidence-based information on ME/CFS. We identified ME/CFS as a serious medical problem in which most patients remain undiagnosed. We are seeking feedback on a medical...