I'd like to share my summarized experience of dealing with CFS in France.
I'll save you the socio-cultural analysis of how France is often late to adapt and that there's no doubt for a CFS sufferer here a lot of the literature/expertise/treatments etc will come from the english-speaking world.
I was hospitalized 3 full days years ago, followed by an internist, only to be told as a conclusion I needed 1 month of massage therapy. Ahem.
Medical doctors either treated me with little attention, or worse were flat out rude and aggressively dismissive and offered no help, or were puzzled and clueless with their advice. The standard medical world is extremely rigid here, I think more so than in the anglo-sphere.
I saw two chronic infection specialists but none of the ABiotic treatments worked for me, but at least they were happy to prescribe full AB treatments (usually something of a taboo in the country).
I saw an MD tolerant of the CFS diagnosis, but the best he offered after months was supplementation and eating an anti-inflammatory diet.
I finally called the French CFS Association earlier this year and the best contact the guy offered was a neuro-muscular specialist aware of CFS in Paris. But I fear that's far too specific and narrow.
Most of the time, the "research" articles or comments on forums or by doctors seem to be completely speculative, almost not real, almost with the underlying notion there is no possible diagnosis but what the hell here's a bit more stale information.
How would you say this description compares to where you live ? And: keep your chin up.
I'll save you the socio-cultural analysis of how France is often late to adapt and that there's no doubt for a CFS sufferer here a lot of the literature/expertise/treatments etc will come from the english-speaking world.
I was hospitalized 3 full days years ago, followed by an internist, only to be told as a conclusion I needed 1 month of massage therapy. Ahem.
Medical doctors either treated me with little attention, or worse were flat out rude and aggressively dismissive and offered no help, or were puzzled and clueless with their advice. The standard medical world is extremely rigid here, I think more so than in the anglo-sphere.
I saw two chronic infection specialists but none of the ABiotic treatments worked for me, but at least they were happy to prescribe full AB treatments (usually something of a taboo in the country).
I saw an MD tolerant of the CFS diagnosis, but the best he offered after months was supplementation and eating an anti-inflammatory diet.
I finally called the French CFS Association earlier this year and the best contact the guy offered was a neuro-muscular specialist aware of CFS in Paris. But I fear that's far too specific and narrow.
Most of the time, the "research" articles or comments on forums or by doctors seem to be completely speculative, almost not real, almost with the underlying notion there is no possible diagnosis but what the hell here's a bit more stale information.
How would you say this description compares to where you live ? And: keep your chin up.
