Story
ME/CFS
Substantial
SeverePain & fibromyalgiaEffect faded substantial
ME/CFS · Severe · forums.phoenixrising.me · Feb 2015
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ME/CFS
Severe → substantialBenefit faded or relapsed
Unexpected benefits of piracetam - helps with muscle aches, improves physical function
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 10+ years (onset pre-2005, acute worsening ~2011)
- Published
- Feb 2015
Summary
After two years of permanent muscle aches, this poster found piracetam made the aches disappear within days, alongside enhanced senses, better word-finding, improved sleep and enough strength to jog again for the first time in years. Cognition itself wasn't helped as much as hoped, and the pattern was reproducible - aches returned when she stopped and resolved again when she restarted. She's careful not to blame piracetam for a later crash, allowing other causes.