The Eternal ME/CFS Fibromyalgia Question: How Close Are They? And Why it Matters

The Eternal ME/CFS Fibromyalgia Question: How Close Are They? And Why it Matters

by | Oct 4, 2026 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cardiovascular, Clotting, Endothelial Cells, Energy Production, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Leaky gut, Metabolism, Microbiome, Monocytes, Natural Killer Cells, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, T-cells

Geoff’s Narration The GIST   So much for the ME/CFS community depends on the answer to the question: “How close a match is ME/CFS to long COVID?” Symptomatically and physiologically, the two diseases look quite similar. If ME/CFS or other...
Visible At Last? Are Long COVID and ME/CFS Tissue Diseases? The PolyBio 2026 Symposium Pt I

Visible At Last? Are Long COVID and ME/CFS Tissue Diseases? The PolyBio 2026 Symposium Pt I

by | Jun 17, 2026 | Astrocytes, Autonomic Nervous System, Biomarker, Brain, Brainstem, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leaks, COVID-19, Craniocervical Instability, Gut, Homepage, Leaky gut, Neuroinflammation, Research, Spine, vagus nerve

Geoff’s Narration The GIST   The 2026 PolyBio Spring Symposium – Pt I One way to gauge the health of a field is by the number of conferences/symposia it supports. From the looks of things, the long–COVID and ME/CFS fields are moving up: The...
Are All Roads Leading to the Immune System and the Blood in ME/CFS?

Are All Roads Leading to the Immune System and the Blood in ME/CFS?

by | Apr 14, 2026 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Brainstem, Cardiovascular, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Clotting, Complement, Connective Tissues, Endothelial Cells, Energy Production, Gut, Homepage, Immune, Mast cell activation syndrome, Metabolism, Microbiome, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Neutrophils, POTS, Proteomics, T-cells

What happens when you throw ten or so very different ME/CFS studies together? You get some core themes popping out. Check out the blog and see what they are.
Double Breakdown? Is the Sympathetic Nervous System Broken in the Brain AND the Body in ME/CFS

Double Breakdown? Is the Sympathetic Nervous System Broken in the Brain AND the Body in ME/CFS

by | Dec 7, 2025 | Autonomic Nervous System, Energy Production, Gene expression, Homepage, HPA axis, Locus coeruleus, Metabolism, Neuroinflammation, Norepinephrine

Geoffs Narration The GIST   Talk about things being in the wind. Just about the time David Goldstein was providing evidence at the IACFS/ME conference that norepinephrine production in the brain was being slammed in ME/CFS and that the sympathetic nervous system...
Low Brain Norepinephrine Levels in ME/CFS and Long COVID Pt. II: A ChatGPT Based Treatment Program

Low Brain Norepinephrine Levels in ME/CFS and Long COVID Pt. II: A ChatGPT Based Treatment Program

by | Nov 16, 2025 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Brainstem, Clonidine, CoQ10, D-Ribose, GLP-1, GLP-1 agonist, Guanfacine, Homepage, Ivabradine, Kaiser, L-carntine/Acetylcarnitine, Locus coeruleus, Mast cell activation syndrome, Mestinon, Neuroplasticity, Neuroplasticity, Norepinephrine, Pacing, Prefrontal Cortex, Propanolol, Rapamycin, Research, Stimulants, Urolithin A

Check out how ChatGPT thinks people with ME/CFS and long COVID might treat the low norepinephine brain findings in these diseases.

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