Having any disease is scary, but having chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FM) often adds a hefty dose of confusion and bewilderment to that fear. Not only are people with ME/CFS and FM typically exhausted and in pain, but problems with short-term...
The Mayo Clinic is where people with difficult to diagnose and treat diseases go. The Mayo Clinic’s Rochester Hospital was recently ranked the best in the world. For many ME/CFS and FM patients, though, the Mayo has been more a place to stay away from than to...
In Dr. Bell’s third and last blog on orthostatic intolerance in ME/CFS/FM he provides signs that you might have OI, explains the different types found, and provides examples of them. If you’re wondering if you can have more than one type of OI, Dr. Bell...
Maggie was exhausted, her heart was pounding, her palms were sweating. She’d been to doctor after doctor only to be told she had panic disorder but their treatments weren’t working. Maggie was definitely agitated but her agitation and other symptoms...
Few healthy people give any thought at all to standing up, but for a subset of people with chronic fatigue syndrome standing up is an act that’s fraught with peril. Whether their hearts start racing (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and/or their...