Somebody shared the following today saying: "I found this video on tiktok and it explains m.e so well" and "I saw it and thought to myself I relate so much" Here's the TikTok link: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyandrewdavis/video/7135061608316833070
Some information & tips on claiming the UK disability payment, PIP, for ME/CFS
Designed for people in the UK but may also include some suggestions people elsewhere could use
(Massachusetts, USA)
This exciting study led by a sympathetic researcher has been struggling to recruit for years. It now has this webpage which is new to me. Please share widely.
How do we find a cure for #MECFS? Stop the lip service and get the government to fund clinical trials for the disease. It’s time to sound the alarm on this health crisis. This is the tenth and final video in a ten part video series by #NotJustFatigue
2/ Elizabeth has posted this video already on her #Notjustfatigue social media accounts & has kindly given me permission to share it on some other social media platforms I'm on. Please do check out the website for her non-profit #Notjustfatigue
Exercise and other forms of exertion can cause profound and lasting harm to people with ME: various forms of evidence
My 2011 paper, "Reporting of Harms Associated with Graded Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome" included data from earlier surveys and discussed the issue of reporting of harms
[ID: A hello name tag saying “Hello I’m usually downplaying my symptoms because I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining /ID]
Living in a society that fails to acknowledge the pain and severity of ME/CFS is challenging. Friends and family might not understand the disease, and watching peers continue on with their lives, while the disease takes its toll, can be torturous. This is the ninth video in a ten part video series by #NotJustFatigue
Elizabeth has posted this video already on her #Notjustfatigue social media accounts & has kindly given me permission to share it on some other social media platforms I'm on. Please do check out the website for her non-profit #Notjustfatigue
I’ve been on Bluesky for over a year. There have been a few times when there have been influxes of people but nothing like what has happened in the last few days, which has led to a surge of posts too.
Some are leaving X/Twitter while some are using both. Here are some tips to get going
July 2024 article from Science Norway on post exertional malaise in ME/CFS and long Covid
Screenshot from the AMMES September 2024 newsletter