When I read my story today about my illness period, I can hardly believe how bad it was
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 2.5 years
- Published
- Jan 2019
Summary
Attended a three-day Lightning Process course in Oslo in September 2017, after eight hours of municipal cognitive therapy had earlier proved "incredibly effective" and helped her avoid a formal ME/CFS diagnosis. She had been severely ill for about 18 months from early 2016, describing herself as "a hostage in my own body," sleeping 14+ hours a day, gaining 15-16 kilos, and largely confined to her couch with tension headaches and panic attacks. A year after the course she had stopped daytime sleeping, lost 20 kilos, returned to 60% work capacity, and taken up strength training twice a week. She says her body recovered faster than her brain, with concentration and memory "still needing some work," and describes ongoing daily self-work plus weekly meetings with four others from her LP course to maintain her progress.
Read it in their words
recoverynorway.org — a recovery advocacy site.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Anxiety & low mood, Brain fog, Headaches & migraine, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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