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ME/CFS Very severe → no benefit

Could AHCC make me feel worse?

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
Ill for
Not stated
Published
Mar 2015

Summary

AHCC supplement (ReishiMax brand), started about two days before posting. She describes herself as severely ill with ME/CFS, bedridden 24/7. Over the two days on AHCC her functioning declined further, with increased immune symptoms including a sore throat. No improvement occurred, and the post gives no longer-term follow-up beyond this initial worsening.

Read it in their words

forums.phoenixrising.me

What they credit

Credits AHCC and medicinal mushrooms (reishi, shiitake, maitake).

Symptoms mentioned

Symptoms: Flu-like symptoms.

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