Poll: In What Month Did You First Become Ill?

[Never Give Up]

It's probably just a coincidence, but many of the people we know with ME/CFS first became ill in September. So I thought a poll was in order.

 

[rosie26]

September for me. Southern hemisphere which is the Spring.

 

[sarah darwins]

It's probably just a coincidence, but many of the people we know with ME/CFS first became ill in September. So I thought a poll was in order.

I wish I could remember that far back!

Just to get properly ahead of ourselves ... do you have a September-related theory?

 

[Valentijn]

Either the very end of December or the very beginning of January. Northern hemisphere (winter).

 

[Never Give Up]

Nothing that jives with reality...except maybe the yet to be discovered dreaded HHV-September virus, Septemborrelia burgdorferi, or Septimmunodeficiency.

 

[TiredSam]

Nothing that jives with reality...except maybe the yet to be discovered dreaded HHV-September virus, Septemborrelia burgdorferi, or Septimmunodeficiency.

Sounds like we need to develop a good antiSeptic treatment.

 

[Never Give Up]

Sounds like we need to develop a good antiSeptic treatment.

 

[PeterPositive]

Middle of March, northern hemisphere.

 

[Chrisb]

This is a very interesting idea, but now that a few posts have been made has it become clear that there need to be two polls, for northern and southern hemispheres to ascertain whether there is seasonal correlation?

I put my start down to a July virus (Northern) which might or might not relate to other people's January starts.

 

[Mij]

February 8th. northern hem

 

[Forbin]

Well, it would be a long shot, but Ian Lipkin was an author on a paper that associated the outbreak of Kawasaki Disease in Japan with the arrival of tropospheric (low level) winds from China carrying candida. So, conceivably, some kind of etiological element could be carried on seasonal winds. http://www.pnas.org/content/111/22/7952

[I have kind of wondered if you could pick up an enterovirus by being downwind from a waste treatment plant.]

Of course, you'd probably be much more likely to see a seasonal association with seasonal influenza, since that seems to be a fairly common ME/CFS "trigger."

[Onset in April]

 

[Sean]

Late October, southern hemisphere.

 

[BurnA]

The trend I see so far is change of seasons and mid winter ( winter assuming northern hem ). Anecdotally do most people get colds and flus during these times periods ?

 

[Old Bones]

It's probably just a coincidence, but many of the people we know with ME/CFS first became ill in September. So I thought a poll was in order.

The first time I became ill with ME (at age 12) was in September. With almost complete bed rest, I seemingly made a full recovery. The second time (at age 32) was in October -- the month I chose in the poll since I wasn't so fortunate as an adult.

 

[JohnCB]

Gradual, very slow onset. I could give you a year, approximately.

Month would be in the range January to December.

 

[JaimeS]

September for me. Southern Hemisphere which is the Spring.

Yeah, which hemisphere you're in matters. I'm in the Northern.

 

[sorin]

February, in Ireland, when I got a very strong flu, most probably H1N1.

 

[helen1]

Aug, northern

 

[OhShoot]

October, Northern Hemisphere.

 

[*GG*]

May, North, Mono, Girlfriend had had mono about 20 years before.

GG