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Maureen's gradual onset - and her gradual recovery
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Aug 2015
Summary
Maureen was 35 when she woke unable to get out of bed with exhaustion, painful joints and insomnia, and could barely stand. She began Dr. Teitelbaum's protocol of diet, vitamins, herbs and some pharmaceuticals, and progress took several months. She also credits acupuncture, meditation and Rolfing, and now says she is fully recovered with no restrictions.
What they tried
Credits Alternative therapies, Diet, Mind-body practices, Other prescription drugs, Supplements, Acupressure, ear seeds and auricular devices, Meditation, yoga, breathwork.
What they credit
Also tried
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Diet · Mind-body practices · Other prescription drugs · Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; the account doesn’t give enough times to place each step. Hover a point to see what happened and what they link it to. Open dots mark a change they link to a treatment, orange ones a setback. 3 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. What the levels mean.
Show as a table
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | gradual onset of periodic exhaustion, rashes, painful joints, colds and insomnia | Not stated | |
| about a year into her illness | earlier similar episode went away after steroids | Not stated | Corticosteroid pulses |
| age 35 | woke up unable to get out of bed, could barely stand | Severe | |
| after the age-35 collapse | got a bit better | Not stated | |
| after the partial improvement | a little trip, then in bed for a month | Severe | |
| several months into the protocol | only able to walk ten feet on the beach, then slowly got better | Severe | |
| now | fully recovered, no restrictions, travels internationally | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Flu-like symptoms, Muscle weakness, Pain & fibromyalgia, Sleep problems.
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