Can CFS/ME enter remission after childbirth?

[Algo]

I'm wondering if complex regional pain syndrome can be related to CFS/ME.

Some researchers believe CRPS is just a (much) more violent form of fibromyalgia.

Some believe fibromyalgia might be closely related to CFS/ME.

Are these disorders existing on the same spectrum?

CRPS is notorious for sometimes entering remission after pregnancy/childbirth -- enough times for the CRPS community to have taken notice. No one seems to really know why.

So, if CFS/ME, which I would temporarily construct for the purposes of this post as a weaker form of CRPS, also has that particular weird attribute... That would indicate they are much more related than it would seem at first.

What do you think?

 

[sunshine44]

It did for me.
I truly thought I was on the up and up after a miracle pregnancy with my daughter in 2013/2014. I had been very sick previous 4 years. Then suddenly I felt SO incredible. I am forever grateful for those days. A window I fit so much into. Unfortunately my honeymoon ended in 2015/2016 as I finished breastfeeding and entered a level of hell I didn’t know existed. I have been bedridden since 2017.

 

[LINE]

Obviously with pregnancy, the endocrine balance changes. The endocrine system is closely tied to immunity and neurological. This system (Endocrine, Immune and Neurological) are really one big system -- in other words, they influence each other.

 

[Wishful]

Some PWME feel better after viral infection or other events that affect the immune system ... but some feel much worse. My guess is that pregnancy could make a PWME feel better, but it's also possible for that to make them feel worse. Is the probability 50/50 or some other ratio? Not a reliable treatment in any case.

 

[Zebra]

Hi, @Algo

in addition to the responses you received, you might be able to find more PR threads and/or posts on this topic by doing a site search

best of luck to you!