Tried Stimulants, Seen notable improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Oct 2015
Summary
Two months of daily Ritalin substantially lowered this poster's sensitivities and raised his PEM threshold at first, but he describes a severe subsequent relapse, attributing the initial gains to "squeezing every last bit out of this already overtaxed system" rather than genuine healing.
What they credit
Credits Stimulants (methylphenidate, amphetamines).
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