CFS and how i found my way out
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Published
- Undated
Summary
Gavin's turning point was Blackmores PPMP (a cellular-dose potassium phosphate/magnesium phosphate supplement), taken alongside years of therapy, meditation, and doctor-prescribed antidepressants; he says he felt well again within 10 seconds of starting it. He had been severely affected by CFS for about four years, spending two-thirds of his time in bed and crashing for 16 hours after just two minutes of exercise. Afterward his symptom list disappeared and he returned to strength training and grappling. He describes the gain as needing ongoing maintenance rather than a permanent cure, saying that without keeping a good balance he'd likely end up back where he started, and now experiences only occasional rather than chronic fatigue.
What they credit
Credits CBT & mindset, Supplements, Trauma & somatic work, Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Selenium, iodine, minerals, Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE).
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