What worked for me
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 8+ years on prior medications before switching
- Published
- Jun 2010
Summary
After 8+ years on Humira, Enbrel, Methotrexate and cortisol shots, switched to desiccated thyroid hormone (Armour, later Erfa) starting in 2003. Says her pain "disappeared," fatigue became "much much better," previous bone density decline reversed, and food allergies eased, with the improvement holding up for about 8 years since stopping the earlier medications -- stated with little hedging.
What they credit
Credits Hormones & thyroid, Hydrocortisone / cortisol, Thyroid (T3, T4, NDT).
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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