A lot of people here are in 2 minds over Trevor Marshall. I considered his protocol but didn't end up going with it. The problem I have is that he has a perfect neat theory and treatment plan organized but where is the proof of his methods & the evidence of pathogens he is treating? I know he says he cured himself but if I'm going to put my faith in another persons medical experience I would at least like them to be capable of diagnosing their patients with an actual infectious organism.
But I suppose that problem goes to the heart of CFS - if we can't easily diagnose an active & ongoing viral, mycotoxin producing mold, lyme or mycoplasma infection than what chance have we got of ever being able to treat this thing quickly and effectively? And that is why most of just lumber on for years without getting much improvement.
Either way if I'm going to start a drug based treatment that is controversial and outside of the established medical orthodoxy I would at least like Marshall to use some tools to diagnose his patients
Quoting this text from his website
Given that all of the so-called autoimmune diseases and chronic infections are a variation of the Th1 inflammatory process, neither a specific diagnostic label or identification of specific pathogens is needed to begin the Marshall Protocol (MP). With the MP, patients identify Th1 inflammation with simple blood tests and then confirm the presence of occult microbes with a therapeutic probe.
That bit about a diagnostic label being unnecessary for treatment is worrying. If you don't have any real diagnostic evidence to support a theory & treatment then you are running into dangerous territory. A precise diagnostic evaluation is the key to concise and effective medical treatment - that is the foundation of modern medicine. I just can't see how one can work without the other.
For instance how do u know it's not a virus - antibiotics won't do you any good then, and their long term use as Marshall has recommended will destroy or alter your microbiome and they can cause mitochondrial damage by creating oxidative stress in Mitos- the very thing you are trying to prevent or undo.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36329/title/The-Downside-of-Antibiotics-/