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  1. ZeroGravitas

    ADHD may skew towards slower onset of ME/CFS - my Reddit polls comparison

    Poll post on r/CFSplusADHD - 78 total votes (from 476 page views over 48 hours). Poll post on r/cfs - 262 total votes (from 2k page views over 24 hours). Results: My full write-up in this Reddit post: Also shared here on Twitter.