Aggressive Rest Therapy (TiredSam)
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Published
- Sep 2016
Summary
TiredSam, a self-described mild case, schedules twenty-five-minute lie-downs three times a day and caps chores and errands at twenty minutes. Over two years he reports ending up with more time where he is fairly symptom free than his prior pattern of being useless for the rest of the day, while still working ten to fifteen hours weekly.
What they credit
Credits Pacing, Pacing and the energy envelope.
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