Poor sleep is synonymous with both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We know it produces fatigue, pain, irritation and mood issues but recent studies suggest that may just be the beginning of the problem. In fact, they suggest that poor sleep may have profound effects on our...
Low dose naltrexone (LDN) is becoming more and more widely used in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). You can chart that use right back to Jarred Younger’s two small FM trials in 2009 and 2013. Now Younger’s back with a third trial...
The low energy state, the inflammation, the oxidative stress – all the bad stuff that has shown up in ME/CFS – does it all come together in the brain? Andrew Lloyd asserted a decade ago that the symptoms in ME/CFS are all brain symptoms. If the brain...
What disease does ME/CFS closely resemble? How does exercise effect the immune system? How did mast cells get implicated in ME/CFS? What kind of “storm” may be present in ME/CFS? What three viruses were implicated (once again) in this disease? Find out the...
When we think of immune problems we often think of the immune system going berserk and attacking healthy cells, but recent studies suggest that for many people with ME/CFS and FM the opposite problem – immune exhaustion – may be more of an issue. Find out...
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