The Depression Puzzle: Are Anti-inflammatories Better Than Antidepressants? An ME/CFS and FM Perspective
Both depression and inflammation may be present in both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). Antidepressants can help some but not others. Evidence that inflammation may cause depression in as many as 40% of depressed patients suggests that...
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) May Be Common in Fibromyalgia
Two Cognitive Diseases Fibromyalgia is more than a pain disease – it’s also a cognitive disease. In fact, some studies suggest the cognitive issues can present more problems than the pain. They’ve been prevalent and serious enough to spark the...
The Stories We Tell: Unrest Inspired ME/CFS Effort Triumphs in the Unlikeliest of Places
When things start moving, help shows up in the most unlikely places. Take a recent blog from a University of Michigan sports blogger – Ace. Ace has been sick since high school but only in the last couple of years has he been diagnosed as having chronic fatigue...
Farewell – A Last Post from Anne Örtegren
I used to call Anne “my favorite Swedish advocate”. In fact she was simply one of my favorite advocates. Smart, tough, flexible, courageous – Anne managed to communicate with advocates, patients, doctors and researchers around the world from the...
The Opioid Painkiller Clampdown – Will it Lead to Better Drugs?
The FDA is clamping down harder and harder on opioid drugs, but it’s the Justice Department that’s probably sending the chills up some doctors’ spines. The Justice Department’s Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, which operates in 12...StudyME
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