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  1. Pyrrhus

    Life-Threatening Malnutrition in Very Severe ME/CFS (Baxter, Speight, and Weir, 2021)

    FINALLY, someone has addressed this very important issue in a publication: Life-Threatening Malnutrition in Very Severe ME/CFS (Baxter, Speight, and Weir, 2021) by Helen Baxter, Nigel Speight, and William Weir https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/4/459/htm Excerpt: (spacing added for readability)...
    • Pyrrhus
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    • dysphagia eating gastroparesis https://forums.phoenixrising.me/attachments/0cb2912d-235d-47d3-bcea-f59f609508e0-jpeg.42451/ malnutrition nigel speight severe me severe me/cfs william weir
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    • Forum: Latest ME/CFS Research
  2. Fighttolive

    Does anyone crash after eating?

    If I wake up- have black coffee only, I can feel almost normal until I get hungry enough to eat. No matter what I eat- 45 mins later or so I come down with brain fog, lethargy, that distinct feeling you’ve been poisoned. infant, fasting with moderate exercise can actually fix me for a few...
  3. Y

    Evening psychological discomfort: only food helps

    I want to discuss with you one strange problem of mine (among other problems). I think many people with CFS or depression have this. Every evening I have to spend time eating several hours, otherwise I don’t find a place for myself, I feel psychological discomfort, I feel bad and I can’t finish...