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Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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I've been in a wired but tired, unable to calm down state ever since I got ME/CFS many years ago. Its puzzled me from the beginning but it wasn't until I tried the Amygdala Retraining and looked at meditative techniques that I understand that I can slow my system down. Its slow but I've found these kinds of approaches very effective in improving the quality of my life and even, at this point, increasing my tolerance of 'exercise' a bit'.