Miruvor
ME/CFS RelapsedBenefit faded or relapsed

One week remission with an SSRI?

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Not stated
Ill for
Not stated
Published
Dec 2018

Summary

Bupropion produced roughly two weeks of remission from brain fog specifically, which then "mysteriously disappeared" and never returned, even after a later break from the drug and restarting it -- a symptom-specific improvement that faded and could not be recreated.

Read it in their words

forums.phoenixrising.me

What they credit

Credits SSRIs and antidepressants.

Symptoms mentioned

Symptoms: Brain fog.

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