by Cort Johnson | Jan 20, 2018 | Brain, Cognition, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Research, Stimulants
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... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 13, 2013 | Cognition, Treatment
Multi-tasking, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia You might call multitasking the cognitive bane of the chronic fatigue syndrome patient’s world. With their reduced information processing slowing them down, and their lowered working memories not allowing them... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 26, 2013 | Brain, Cognition, Cognition
In Part II of the A Neuropsychologist Looks at ME/CFS, Dr. Lange looks at neuropsychological testing, IQ, we riff on how cognitive problems can affect how well you move, and more…See Pt. I below. Brain Burn, Brain Drain and Low Blood Flows: A Neurologist on... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2013 | Brain, Cognition, Insula
This overview of the CFIDS Association of America’s webinar on cognition in 2012 was produced while I was with Phoenix Rising but was never published. We just published Dr. Lapps take on cognition and possible ways to treat it. Now, that we’ve got an overview of... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 1, 2013 | Brain, Cognition, Energy Production, Exercise, Gulf War Illness
(Exercise stress tests suggest a process that provides energy to the brain during exercise and intense mental activity may be broken and causing severe cognitive dysfunction in one group of GWS/ME/CFS patients (decreasers). A second GWS/ME/CFS group (increasers) with...
