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immunosupressants

  1. C

    Extremely ill after 3 months cancer treatment. Bedbound again.

    So I've had an ME diagnosis for at least 15 years. I became full blown chronically ill when I was only a teenager and I can't pinpoint anything that caused this, over the years I just got worse and worse. I ended up bedbound in my early 20's and spent most of my 20's resting, pacing, sleeping...
    • CallieAndToby
    • Thread
    • bedbound cancer cancer treatment declining immunosuppression immunosupressants insomnia interstitial cystitis myalgic encephalomyelitis seizure
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: General ME/CFS Discussion
  2. SeanQHX1

    Opioids and Brain Fog

    Hi everyone again. For about 3 years I've been taking codeine (in the form of co-codamol) regularly every day to get relief from the continuous bombardment of severe brain fog and what I can only describe as horrible head feelings I've had non-stop, getting progressively worse since becoming ill...
  3. ChookityPop

    Cheaper immunosuppressant alternative to Rituximab?

    What other immunosuppressants are out there that could be interesting to try? I want to try immunoglobulin and some kind of immunosupressant after a while. Could it be that lots of people, for example "chronic lyme" people benefiting from heavy antibiotics is because at that high doses it acts...