Dear
@Hip , I thank you whole heartedly for taking the big time and effort you put in this list and collecting information.
I think I can speak for most of us when I say that its really hard to collect and keep information with this disease because of its exhausting nature. You spare lots of us time we sometimes dont seem to have. Specially speeking for the ones that seem to progress getting worse and worse, wich was me
before I came here.
I have looked at this list many times and have even considered some points as a take-away to talk them through with my doctor (I wouldnt recommend solo therapies, everyone has to decide theirself if they want to take this risk - I have took it aswell, just saying)
Additionally, now after taking my new medication for 3 weeks and really feeling the difference I can say that the SSRI Citalopram moved me up from moderate-severe to moderate. I am still mostly housebound but i would say it's 0.5-step improvement as I experience much less pain and can do minor household chores again wich I couldn't.
SSRI Citalopram may work by reducing inflammation and dampen down overreactive immune responses and may even reduce viral load in some studies (kinda inconclusive, its only suggestive)
In the effort to help other members find relief in this hell of a disease that almost caused me to try and unalive myself because i could not tolerate the amount of physical pain my body was going through I thought i would write this answer, to make sure my experience with Citalopram is added on this list and maybe help prevent a DEATH of a person.
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Pubmed: Citalopram reduces endotoxin-induced fatigue
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Citalopram suppresses thymocyte cytokine production
I thank you for your work. Really doing gods work out here man not joking.
