How it went
Did it last?
- 33 of 136 said the benefit wore off (including the 13 who relapsed).
- 15 of 136 needed to keep up a treatment to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 35 | 26% |
| Near-full | 13 | 10% |
| Substantial | 35 | 26% |
| Partial | 35 | 26% |
| Relapsed | 13 | 10% |
| No benefit | 5 | 4% |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 1 | 100% | |
| Moderate | 18 | 11% | |
| Severe | 64 | 44% | |
| Very severe | 30 | 40% |
23 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
29% of these accounts are on pages that sell this treatment or a program around it. Those pages publish their successes; compare the independent row.
What people with pots & dysautonomia tried
- TreatmentHow it wentRecoveredFaded
- Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust)24 accounts
79% 8%
- Low-dose naltrexone11 accounts
45% 27%
- Salt, fluids and compression10 accounts
30% 10%
- Pacing and the energy envelope10 accounts
70% 20%
- Craniocervical fusion / tethered cord9 accounts
33% 11%
- Meditation, yoga, breathwork9 accounts
89% 22%
- Midodrine8 accounts
38% 25%
- IVIG / subcutaneous Ig6 accounts
17% 33%
- Hydrocortisone / cortisol6 accounts
17% 17%
- Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE)6 accounts
67% 17%
- Mold avoidance / CIRS protocol6 accounts
17% 0%
- Doxycycline and other antibiotics5 accounts
20% 40%
- Lyme / co-infection protocols5 accounts
40% 0%
- Efgartigimod / Vyvgart5 accounts
0% 100%
- Beta-blockers5 accounts
40% 20%
- Fludrocortisone / Florinef5 accounts
20% 0%
- H2 blockers (famotidine, cimetidine)5 accounts
20% 20%
- Triple anticoagulant therapy5 accounts
0% 40%
- CBT and psychotherapy5 accounts
100% 0%
- Valcyte / valganciclovir4 accounts
0% 0%
- Mestinon / pyridostigmine4 accounts
25% 0%
- H1 antihistamines4 accounts
75% 25%
- Low-dose Abilify / aripiprazole4 accounts
50% 50%
- B12 injections and methylation4 accounts
25% 25%
- Hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT)4 accounts
50% 25%
- Herbal and Chinese medicine4 accounts
0% 25%
- Famvir / famciclovir (Pridgen)3 accounts
33% 0%
- Paxlovid / nirmatrelvir3 accounts
67% 67%
- Rituximab3 accounts
33% 33%
- Calcium channel blockers (nimodipine, amlodipine, verapamil)3 accounts
33% 0%
- PDE5 inhibitors (sildenafil, tadalafil)3 accounts
100% 0%
- SSRIs and antidepressants3 accounts
67% 0%
- Selenium, iodine, minerals3 accounts
0% 0%
- Thyroid (T3, T4, NDT)3 accounts
33% 33%
- Nattokinase and fibrinolytics3 accounts
33% 67%
- Vagus nerve stimulation3 accounts
33% 67%
- Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak3 accounts
100% 0%
Within the accounts on this page. Grey numbers rest on fewer than 10 accounts.
All 136 accounts
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Has anyone achieved remission or recovery from treatment by any doctor?
Took 25mg of spironolactone plus 4.5mg of low-dose naltrexone (LDN), while already on physiologic cortisol replacement for non-functioning adrenals, following the approach from the Campo and Taylor 2021 clinical trial. The page does not state how long they…
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Brain retraining is nervous system regulation
Amy credits the "CFS Recovery" nervous-system-regulation program with turning her case around, alongside daily red-light therapy (about 10 minutes, at least four mornings a week, using a box she bought roughly three years ago) and work with a therapist who…
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220: The 1% Shift That Changed Her Recovery (ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS) - Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT
Credits brain retraining. Crista had long COVID and is described as fully recovered. DPT; both ME/CFS and long covid named, plus POTS.
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A muddy intervention: taVNS (Vanessa)
Vanessa first tried a high-end taVNS device costing €600 ($700) and later attempted a cheaper TENS unit. She had developed heart rhythm problems and tachycardia after a 2022 SARS-CoV-2 infection, and neither device helped: the first session caused intense…
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A muddy intervention: the complex reality of taVNS therapy for Long COVID
Troy Pearse used a TENS unit for vagus nerve stimulation, guiding his sessions using heart rate variability data from a wearable device. He was infected with COVID in 2020 and subsequently developed autonomic dysfunction and a brain injury, and he reports…
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On the road to recovery from Long Covid
Lauren combined nicotine patches at one-eighth of a patch daily through December with a broad daily supplement regimen, including CoQ10 100mg, Ionic Fulvic Acid 1ml three times a day, Hawthorn Leaves 5ml, and products like Adrenal Complex, Adreno Active,…
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Dysautonomia and unrefreshing sleep disappearing immediately after nasal application of dexamethasone
Lalique reports that a steroid/antibiotic combination nasal spray dramatically improved her dysautonomia markers within days - lower resting heart rate, disappearing stress readings and full "body battery" recharge on her Garmin, and refreshing sleep for the…
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My Recovery from Long COVID PEM Part 2: Microclots
Christy was prescribed the anticoagulant apixaban and the antiplatelet clopidogrel in June 2023 (omitting the aspirin normally used in triple therapy due to stomach sensitivity), continuing for 4 to 5 months after microclots and hyperactivated platelets were…
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My update to nicotine patch usage for Long Covid recovery
Lauren used nicotine patches for Long COVID, starting with half of a 7mg patch (3.5mg) worn intermittently for 7-10 days at a time with a few days off, then shifting in October 2025 to near-daily half-patch use for about two months, before cutting back in…
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Vyvgart brought us back to life (Clare)
Clare, a nurse previously unable to work because of Long COVID, received Vyvgart (efgartigimod) in the trial, with no specific dose stated, and it significantly improved her tachycardia and lessened her post-exertional malaise. After the trial ended, her…
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Vyvgart brought us back to life (Michaelene)
Michaelene was on Vyvgart (efgartigimod) for five months in the trial's open-label phase and had improved enough that she no longer met criteria for POTS when the trial was abruptly canceled. She had been severely disabled before treatment. After the trial…
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Vyvgart brought us back to life (Nicole)
Nicole Barrick, a nurse who contracted COVID while working on a COVID unit, received weekly Vyvgart (efgartigimod) infusions, and after six months in the trial's open-label phase she no longer met the clinical criteria for POTS on tilt-table testing, with…
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Vyvgart brought us back to life (Judith)
Judith was on Vyvgart (efgartigimod) for five months during the trial's open-label phase, though no specific dose is given. Previously largely housebound, she improved enough to return to work, travel to a friend's wedding, and no longer meet clinical…
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Vyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled
Roman White received weekly infusions of Vyvgart (efgartigimod) during the open-label phase of a Long COVID trial; no specific dose is given beyond the weekly infusion schedule. Previously a firefighter left unable to work, he improved dramatically on the…
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My Recovery from Long Covid PEM: Part 1
In summer 2023 Christy Collins began four months of dual anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy with apixaban (Eliquis) for long COVID PEM; a planned spring 2024 "three-pillar" protocol (mitochondrial and metabolic support, antivirals, and immune stimulants) is…
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Blood and circulation
Took a nitric-oxide-producing supplement combining L-citrulline and beetroot powder for dysautonomia with wildly fluctuating blood pressure. Illness duration and severity are not detailed. Says it has stabilized her labile blood pressure and is purported to…
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Blood and circulation
Tried a combination of nattokinase, turmeric and bromelain for ME/CFS-related circulation problems. Had orthostatic intolerance, weakness and poor circulation beforehand. While taking the combination felt good with no orthostatic intolerance or weakness, and…
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How I got in remission/cured my ME/CFS
Ali_Mardiyev, disabled for 1.5 years with POTS/dysautonomia/severe fatigue/PEM, layered a stellate ganglion block with beta-blocker, a testosterone course, several psychiatric medications, intermittent fasting and a slow graded-exercise ramp starting April…
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What Finally Helped After 25 Years of Chronic Pain, ME/CFS and POTS (Fiona Symington)
Credits brain retraining. Fiona was ill 25 years with ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid chronic pain, POTS.
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Karen Wright's Story
Karen started with a low-histamine diet that brought overnight improvement, then moved to a broader anti-inflammatory diet, alongside pacing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy through the NHS Long COVID service, breathwork, meditation, yoga, counselling and…
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Hope Rooted in Biology: What Helped Us Recover from ME/CFS and Long Covid
Credits nervous system regulation. Peter was ill 5 years severe with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid POTS, MCAS; recovered 2+ years.
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Hope Rooted in Biology: What Helped Us Recover from ME/CFS and Long Covid
Credits somatic tracking and emotional expression. Jake was ill 5 years with moderate ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid long covid and POTS.
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Hope Rooted in Biology: What Helped Us Recover from ME/CFS and Long Covid
Credits CFS Health program, yoga nidra and breathwork. Jill was ill 4.5 years with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid POTS.
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Hope Rooted in Biology: What Helped Us Recover from ME/CFS and Long Covid
Credits brain retraining, somatic and trauma therapy. Christine was ill 5 years (4 bedbound) with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid POTS; recovered 2 yrs at writing.
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JAK1 inhibitor Rinvoq quickly returns severely ill ME/CFS patient to health - Parts I and II
Took Rinvoq (upadacitinib) for two months without stating a dose, and describes it as not an easy drug to take. The gains were concentrated in the autonomic nervous system: orthostatic intolerance normalised with no further blood pressure drop or pre-syncope…
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Dan Neuffer's Story
Dan developed his own ANS Rewire nervous-system-retraining program and used gut healing, dietary changes, supplements, meditation and pacing as part of a personalized recovery plan, detailed in his book CFS Unravelled. He was ill with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia…
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This surgery fuses people's skulls to their spines to treat ME-overlapping condition
Jen Brea underwent craniocervical fusion performed by Dr. Paolo Bolognese, using two 2.5-centimeter titanium bars and six screws to fuse her top two vertebrae to her skull and lift her head by 4 millimeters, followed about two weeks later by tethered cord…
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How I Overcame Post-Covid POTS
Credits brain retraining. An unnamed patient had ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. POTS-focused; ME/CFS overlap unclear.
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Mollie's ME/CFS and POTS Recovery Success with ANS REWIRE
Credits brain retraining and trauma and somatic work. Mollie was ill 5y with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Same story as the cfsunravelled family-psychotherapy post.
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Turns Mathew's Long COVID / ME/CFS / POTS Around
Mathew developed long COVID with ME/CFS and POTS after a COVID infection in February 2020 and cycled through severe crashes for four years, at times 20 hours a day in bed, despite midodrine, low-dose naltrexone, Abilify and Paxlovid. In late 2023 he…
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From Severe ME/CFS to Healed: Jen's Remarkable Rinvoq ME/CFS Recovery Story
Jen, bedbound 90% of the time for 18 years with severe PEM and dysautonomia, took Rinvoq 15mg daily for 2 months until it was stopped due to a dangerously low white-cell count. She initially felt no better, but a few weeks after stopping the drug her…
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improvement
Combined itraconazole delivered via a Nasoneb diffuser with famotidine (Pepcid), Zantac, kratom, Alka-Seltzer, Alvesco, albuterol and PYM Attention chews for ME/CFS with PEM, IBS and POTS-type episodes. Had been ill about 13 years. Reports seeing improvement…
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Pepcid and 1 month without an 'episode'
Started taking Pepcid (famotidine) for PEM, IBS and POTS-type episodes and initially went a full month without an episode for the first time in years. Had been ill about 13 years, with roughly 80% of episodes lasting two to three days and some up to two…
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Drugs Get Mathew Most of the Way and Hyperbaric Oxygen Does the Rest
Dr Mathew Robinson, a university professor, developed long COVID with ME/CFS and POTS after infection in February 2020 and spent 20-22 hours a day in bed. Midodrine, low-dose Abilify and low-dose naltrexone under Bateman Horne Center care brought him to…
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Radical Rest and Beyond
The author of Encephalogirl (who signs as Michelle) treats her ME/CFS-related dysautonomia and POTS with guanfacine and low-dose Abilify (titrated from 0.5mg down to 0.25mg after migraines, then back up to 0.5mg), an increased dose of low-dose naltrexone, a…
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Amantadine - A Fatigue Reducer for Long COVID and ME/CFS?
Amantadine, tried at an unspecified dose about a year into her ME/CFS. No further detail on total illness duration or severity is given in her comment. She reports it "was no help at all" for her fatigue or other core symptoms. She adds that it actively…
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Treat ME Survey Results 2
Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG), given alongside a fecal microbiota transplant, for just over a year at time of report. Before treatment he was severely unwell, underweight at 118 pounds, and unable to attend school, with comorbid POTS and mast cell…
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Daughter's recovery details
The regimen for Celandine's daughter included daily liquorice root powder and salt in plant milk, weekly-then-tapering Perrin Technique osteopathy (including breast lymphatic massage), the POTS medications ivabradine and midodrine with salt tablets and 2…
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The Strange Syndrome: MCAS, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID (comment)
Xolair (omalizumab), given as a bi-weekly injection by her GI doctor for mast cell activation syndrome. The patient, described by her father in a comment, had intense MCAS for five years alongside ME/CFS, POTS and gastroparesis, and was very severely ill:…
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Amber's Long MCAS, POTS, MCS, ME/CFS Recovery Story
Amber had digestive and allergy problems since childhood that became severe MCAS, POTS, MCS and ME/CFS after a marathon at thirty and a bad flu-shot reaction at thirty-one, leaving her homebound and fainting daily despite seeing more than a hundred doctors.…
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Long COVID/ME-CFS Patient Goes into Remission After 3 Weeks on the Antiviral Sofosbuvir
After 2 years of severe, housebound long COVID (POTS, MCAS, brain fog, gut issues, severe weight loss), this patient took standard-dose Harvoni (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir), an antiviral, for 3 weeks and reported the POTS, brain fog and MCAS symptoms resolving to…
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An ME/CFS Expert Helps a Long-COVID Patient Recover
A nineteen-year-old developed POTS and mast cell symptoms after a mild PCR-confirmed COVID infection, leaving him with a wellness score of 45 out of 100 and out of in-person classes for about fifteen months. Under Dr Peter Rowe at Johns Hopkins he was…
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A Patch On It: Melissa's Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leak ME/CFS Recovery Story
Melissa's health declined after a jarring spinal injury in 2019 and she spent a year bedbound with extreme cognitive impairment, having been misdiagnosed with tickborne illness, narcolepsy and POTS. A CT myelogram finally found a spinal fluid leak, and five…
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Leon Williams
Leon Williams recovered using a mind-body/neuroplasticity approach rooted in Dr. John Sarno's Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) framework, practicing somatic tracking meditation, expressive writing, breathwork and general meditation, with gardening as a…
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Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine article comments (Li Ho's daughter)
Li Ho's daughter, as the commenter is identified, received a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while she had post-infection POTS with MCAS symptoms. The shot was followed by an eight-month remission in which she could exercise as she liked and eat foods…
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Gary
Gary's recovery is credited to Nicole Sachs' free YouTube series "Healing Yourself" (Parts 1-4) followed by her paid course Freedom from Chronic Pain, plus Dr. Howard Schubiner's mind-body material at unlearnyourpain.com, applying pain-reprocessing…
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Impact of extended-course Paxlovid in established Long COVID (Case 7)
Case 7, a 29-year-old man about 10 months into Long COVID/ME since July 2022 with extreme fatigue, PEM, tachycardia, POTS, persistent headache, brain fog, chest pain and shortness of breath, took a 15-day extended Paxlovid course in May 2023 while also on…
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Impact of extended-course Paxlovid in established Long COVID (Case 2)
Case 2, a 45-year-old woman about 11 months into Long COVID with orthostatic intolerance, tachycardia, short-term memory loss, word-finding trouble, fatigue, PEM and MCAS symptoms, took a 15-day extended course of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) in…
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After taking a nutraceutical called Vedicinals for four months, the oxygen returning to my heart increased by a whopping 56.3%!
Vedicinals-9, taken at full recommended dose for four months from June to September 2022. She had severe long COVID for about twenty-seven months before starting, including lung microclots and resting tachycardia. By testing in late September her venous…
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Lucie's Surprisingly Simple Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Recovery Story
Lucie became ill with relatively mild but disabling ME/CFS around 2011, unable to exercise and with her work and social life sharply curtailed. Following pacing advice and an orthostatic-intolerance protocol of high salt and 2.5 litres of water daily, she…
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My 4th Year; EBV, ME/CFS, Long Covid; Pacing, HBOT, Vedicinals
Vedicinals-9, taken short-term as a nutraceutical supplement alongside an organic diet. She had been ill for four years at the time of writing, with EBV-triggered ME/CFS overlapping long COVID, managing dysautonomia with pyridostigmine and midodrine plus…
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Christoph's Long COVID Recovery Story
Credits brain retraining. Christoph was ill 18mo with very-severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. POTS heart rate 150+; symptoms are on your path framing.
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Lena Uses the DNRS Program to Fully Recover From Post-COVID
Credits brain retraining. Lena was ill 2mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. POTS and tachycardia; claims complete healing.
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I have learnt with this condition people get better from hope, kindness and love, not fear and catastrophe
Credits cognitive retraining developed with an unnamed psychology PhD candidate from Norway who had herself recovered from post-viral fatigue syndrome, after months in a self-organised online pacing support group and a referral to an NHS CFS/ME specialist…
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Bring It On!
Helen manages her long COVID with about 8 unnamed tablets each morning plus more through the day, along with increased fluid and salt intake, supine exercises, and heart rate monitoring for POTS — no specific drug names or doses are given. She had a mild…
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Cusack protocol for EDS—reports from anyone trying it
Maitake mushroom, one component of the Cusack Protocol supplement regimen, was taken by a forum poster with thoracic spinal instability linked to their ME; illness duration is not stated. Within days of starting it they noticed they could stand longer and…
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Kristin recovers from 6 years of ME/CFS POTS and MCS, PTSD and Bulimia
Credits trauma and somatic work and brain retraining. Kristin was ill 6y with severe ME/CFS and reports a substantial improvement. Reached remission, relapsed, then rebuilt via deeper trauma work.
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Licorice root?
Licorice root, taken twice daily for about a decade, is credited by an ME/CFS patient with resolving orthostatic symptoms: they report being able to stand without feeling faint, which they could not do before starting it. No dose, illness duration before…
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Journey Out of Long Covid: Living a Fantastic Life Again
Credits the Lightning Process. Marion was ill 15mo with severe long COVID and is described as fully recovered. PoTS resolved in 48 hours; resumed choirs and gardening.
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Has Bruce Patterson Cracked Long COVID?
Sam started Bruce Patterson's long-COVID treatment protocol, though the specific drugs are not named in the comment, after 17 months of illness marked by shortness of breath, rashes, an elevated heart rate and POTS symptoms. The first four to five days were…
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ME/CFS in remission from Mold Avoidance
Despite comorbid craniocervical instability, mold avoidance "still helped" and affected symptoms like sound sensitivity and POTS, which he calls "the most impressive [treatment] I've done YET." He says he never achieved full remission from mold avoidance…
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Oda Shares Her POTS and ME/CFS Recovery After 10 Years Using ANS REWIRE
Oda's recovery combined daily thyroxine for diagnosed Hashimoto's hypothyroidism with the ANS REWIRE program (daily meditation and "postural rewiring" videos starting July 2017), gentle home yoga via the Yoga Studio app, one session of Thomas Hanna-method…
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Cured of PEM
Tried multiple unspecified interventions for PEM and separately for POTS. Illness duration and severity are not detailed. Says she found some things that do away with PEM symptoms but that they caused adverse effects on other symptoms, and separately found…
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A COVID-19 Long Hauler Case Report Points to Autoimmunity and IVIG
Received IVIG at 2g/kg monthly for two months, then reduced to 1g/kg monthly because of IVIG-induced headaches, for post-COVID symptoms that began two weeks after her acute infection resolved: severe leg pain, burning in her feet and hands, blurred vision,…
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Oral Rehydration Solution More Effective than Saline IV at Improving Orthostatic Intolerance (comment)
Homemade oral rehydration solution, mixed as half a teaspoon of pink salt and a teaspoon of turbinado sugar per liter of water, drunk at about four liters a day alongside a potassium-chloride supplement taken under a doctor's supervision. Sandra Smith…
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Long-Term Daily mHBOT and Full Recoveries w/ Ongoing Maintenance
used_to_race combined daily hydroxychloroquine with mHBOT sessions 3-4 times a week for 45-90 minutes, plus fludrocortisone for POTS, and reported bad days becoming much less frequent, with capacity for 76-mile cycling weekends and full-time work plus…
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3-month IVIG experience
Did two years of IVIG (July 2016 to July 2018) at 82g per infusion cycle, run at a very slow infusion speed of 40 ("but it was the fastest that I could tolerate"), for autoimmunity, MCAS and dysautonomia that included years of muscle weakness and breathing…
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Health Update #4: Recovery is a %*#*&$@!
Jennifer Brea had been managing severe ME for about 8 years with Valcyte, Valtrex, Mestinon, and fludrocortisone plus mold avoidance, which had only brought her from severe to moderate; in November 2018 she underwent three surgeries over six weeks — a…
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The Temporary ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Recovery Stories - What Can They Tell Us?
She received Myers' cocktail IV infusions as one of dozens of treatments tried, alongside things like LDN, CBD oil, and hormone therapy, with no specific dose or duration recorded. She had been ill with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and POTS for over fifteen years,…
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Jennifer Brea's Recovering Story: the Spinal Series Pt II (Mattie)
The same post describes Mattie, a web developer in the Netherlands whose ME/CFS began in 2010 with a gradual decline to being mostly bedridden. Three months after craniocervical and atlantoaxial fusion surgery she was no longer mostly bedridden and her POTS,…
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Jennifer Brea's Amazing ME/CFS Recovering Story: the Spinal Series Pt II
Jennifer Brea, the Unrest filmmaker, had been wheelchair-dependent for nearly all of her eight-year illness, at her lowest with breathing difficulties, flaccid limbs, numbness and speech problems. About six months before this post she underwent spinal…
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Kiki overcomes POTS, MECFS with Chronic Lyme after 10 years of illness
Credits diet, chiropractic and IV therapy. Kiki was ill 10y with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Jugular venoplasty surgery plus NUCCA chiropractic.
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Jennifer Brea's Chronic Fatigue (ME/CFS) Recovering Story
Underwent spinal surgeries over several weeks to correct craniocervical instability (CCI) and tethered cord syndrome, wore a neck collar (Philadelphia or Aspen Vista) during recovery, and found the drug Mestinon (pyridostigmine) helpful for symptoms. She had…
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Sirin Gnadeberg Shares How She Cured Her ME/CFS and POTS
Sirin Gnadeberg added salt to her drinking water starting in April 2016, which significantly improved her POTS symptoms, then took 16 weeks of antibiotics after a Lyme specialist found elevated antibodies to Bartonella, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma (despite…
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My message to all ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and POTS sufferers is 'don't lose hope!'
Recovered using ANS REWIRE, a method he developed himself combining brain-retraining techniques, DEEP mindfulness meditation, nutrition and physiological and lifestyle changes to calm and retrain the autonomic nervous system, working with an integrative…
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Could Craniocervical Instability Be Causing ME/CFS? (Jennifer)
The same post introduces filmmaker Jennifer Brea, describing severe neurological decline including respiratory-arrest episodes after a surgery-triggered relapse, leading to a diagnosis of craniocervical and atlantoaxial instability. She underwent…
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Could Craniocervical Instability Be Causing ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and POTS? (Jeff)
Jeff was young, healthy and active before a viral infection with high fever triggered symptoms that progressed until he was bedbound, unable to chew food, and diagnosed with ME/CFS, POTS and mast cell activation syndrome. Years into his decline he learned he…
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Did finding an infection via Armin Labs have a positive influence on your treatment & recovery
Antibiotics for Borrelia found via Armin Labs testing gave her relief from "the unrelenting horror of Lyme disease pain and malaise," but she reports the years of undiagnosed infection left lasting autoimmune-type sequelae -- severe POTS, muscle weakness,…
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More Fatigue with Famciclovir, I Must Continue
Mel9, mostly bedbound with heavy legs and a POTS-type heart-rate response to standing, took 30mg (half a tablet) of Mestinon every four hours and became able to manage a 4km walk plus a further short activity after resting, with reduced POTS symptoms and…
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Mollie recovers rapidly after 4.5 years of MECFS and POTS
Credits brain retraining and diet. Mollie was ill 4.5y with very-severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Psychotherapist; same testimonial also on ansrewire.com.
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Plaquenil for ME/CFS: work for anybody?
Hydroxychloroquine at 400mg daily, started August 2018, brought substantial improvement within about two months. Before starting, symptoms were borderline mild-to-moderate ME/CFS with POTS-like dysautonomia, frequent GI symptoms, headaches and rashes. After…
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The Case for IVIG Treatment in ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, SFN and POTS
Has been on IVIG since May 2014 for an underlying immunodeficiency (CVID), though the page doesn't specify her exact dose or infusion frequency. It took at least a year before she felt better, and she initially got worse as the new antibodies fought off…
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An IVIG ME/CFS / POTS Treatment Success Story
Received a course of IVIG infusions; exact doses aren't given, but after her first infusion caused aseptic meningitis, later infusions were given more slowly over two days each, with the course running from around mid-2016 to June 2017. She had been ill…
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Does Valtrex work this fast?
On Valtrex for comorbid ME/CFS and POTS (dose not given), took about five weeks to see the major effect: crashes became "less severe and did not last long," she was "waking up refreshed," and her POTS "resolved" by the five-week mark. Trajectory beyond that…
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Moderate success with hookworms/helminthic therapy after 2.5 yrs
After 15 years of severe ME/CFS/FM (about 85% housebound, severe PEM, chronic muscle pain, borderline POTS, brain fog), tried hookworm therapy, titrating from 5 up to 25 worms before settling on a maintenance dose of 10. Over 2.5 years reports reduced…
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After 26 Years of Hell, the Pridgen Protocol Does it for X
The patient, identified only as "X", used the Pridgen Protocol under Dr. Pridgen — Famvir (an antiviral) combined with Celebrex (an anti-inflammatory) — though the page gives no specific doses or treatment duration. He had been ill for 26 years, dropping…
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Anyone else here have MCS too?
Takes Miyarisan, a Clostridium butyricum probiotic, on an ongoing basis for severe MCS (perfumes, cigarette smoke, kerosene, air fresheners) alongside ME/CFS, POTS, IBS, brain fog and PEM. Says it almost completely stopped her MCS reactions; she still avoids…
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Anyone else here have MCS too?
Followed the Pall Protocol, a methylation-support supplement regimen, then added dysautonomia treatment with fludrocortisone and verapamil, for severe MCS with CFS. Beforehand had near-syncope events, needed an epipen and sudafed, and was essentially…
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OI/POTS and the menopause
Combined bioidentical hormone therapy - a "healthy dose" of bioidentical progesterone plus topical estriol, topical testosterone, DHEA and pregnenolone - fine-tuned using DUTCH hormone testing. She is a cancer survivor whose ovaries and uterus were removed,…
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Spironolactone Usage
After about a year of serious brain fog, pcmenten started spironolactone at 200mg/day, tapering to roughly 50mg, and reported the fog lifting within about 5 days along with better energy, sleep and fewer unexplained fevers, despite developing orthostatic…
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Desmopressin Does it For ME/CFS/POTS patient
An unnamed patient with severe ME/CFS and POTS was mostly homebound for several years before starting oral desmopressin under Dr Lucinda Bateman's care, alongside pacing and treatment of sleep, pain and anxiety. Within a year the patient reported complete…
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Iron Man: How One Young Person Recovered From POTS / ME/CFS
Jack Schlanger fell severely ill with POTS and ME/CFS-like symptoms at 13 after an infection, unable to attend school full-time with near-constant stomach pain and exercise intolerance. Diagnosed with iron deficiency contributing to his POTS, he was treated…
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Whats FINALLY worked for me.
After eight years severe enough that she could stand only minutes and needed help toileting, and with co-diagnoses of babesiosis, candidiasis, leaky gut and POTS, this poster spent about a year on IV/oral artemisinin and curcumin, 4.5mg LDN and 450mg/day…
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Mayo Protocol plus Venofer Iron Infusion Helps Teenager Recover
A teenager named Jack developed ME/CFS and POTS with an acute flu-like onset and was mostly homebound for about 20 months, as told by his father. Mayo Clinic's POTS rehabilitation protocol, Venofer iron infusions for low ferritin, midodrine, salt and water…
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What Is MCAS Like?
Hydroxyzine (Atarax), dose not stated, used as a regular and rescue medication; she had been very sick for 2-3 years with severe MCAS at the time of her post. She described it as a miracle drug that lets her safely eat food and controls stage-two…
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Success treating multiple infections with Chlorine Dioxide
Followed Kerri Rivera's MMS (chlorine dioxide) protocol for 4.5 months, combined with a raw vegan diet and daily castor oil packs, for CFS/ME diagnosed 15 years earlier and later found to involve Lyme, bartonella, babesia, EBV, mycoplasma and mold. Had been…
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Dr. Goldstein's Protocol Does the Trick for Mathew
Mathew, an entrepreneur, became severely ill with ME/CFS around 1990, with orthostatic intolerance so severe he could not sit up and sensitivity that left him unable to listen to voices for more than a minute, eventually bedridden. Over about two years he…
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Still doing great since Rituxan !
Self-described severe/very-severe ME, she followed the Norwegian Haukeland Rituximab schedule (1g infusions across day 0 through week 60). One month in she reported a mixed picture — some autoimmune-type symptoms improving, but cognitive impairment and…
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how did you get out of "bedridden level" ??(even if you are still sick)
Reports going from bedridden to walking a mile and a half the next day after starting Florinef, Midodrine and a beta-blocker for orthostatic symptoms. Frames it as trial-and-error ("the trick is to try things") with no dose, duration or durability detail given.
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how did you get out of "bedridden level" ??(even if you are still sick)
States directly that a combination of the antivirals Valcyte and Famvir plus medication for orthostatic intolerance got him out of bedridden status. No hedging, doses, duration or durability detail is given in the visible post.
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Doing So Well On Modified Cowden Protocol
Nineteen years after a suspected tick bite left her unable to walk more than 10-20 minutes, a UK woman in her late 60s started a modified Cowden herbal protocol (Banderol/Cumanda, Andrographis 4/day, Japanese Knotweed 12/day for about three months, teasel…
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I had Rituxan and I feel amazing
Ill 33 years with feeding-tube dependence, orthostatic blood pressure of 58/42, bedbound autonomic dysfunction and photophobia, she received 4 weekly Rituximab infusions (375mg/m2) with methotrexate and steroid premedication at Stanford, finishing mid-March…
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Clindamycin is a miracle drug for my CFS/ME/POTS/Fibromyalgia symptoms
Took clindamycin 300mg three times daily for 10 days on two separate occasions, once for a tooth infection and once for a throat infection. Reported it helped "tremendously with ALL of my diagnoses" (CFS, POTS, fibromyalgia and others), to the point of not…
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Going Under the Knife Does It.
Had endoscopic sinus surgery after a biopsy found enterovirus RNA in her sinus tissue, on top of ME/CFS meeting ICCC and SEID criteria, POTS, interstitial cystitis and chronic viral infections including EBV, HHV-6 and Coxsackie B5. Had been disabled since…
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Come with M.E. on a journey: Update on Ivabradine for POTs (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
Ivabradine, dose not stated, used for several months by the time of this update; she had been ill with POTS-type symptoms since August 2009, about 5 years by this post, with moderate functional limitation. Initial side effects of malaise and heaviness…
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specific type of digestive enzyme has helped a lot
After four years on hydrocortisone for POTS-related symptoms, she began taking four Renew Life Digest More Ultra digestive enzyme capsules with each meal. She was then able to wean her hydrocortisone from 25mg to 12.5mg without her usual dizzy spells, and…
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Abilify and Energy
erist, who described mornings as swimming up "from the bottom of a dark lagoon," took low-dose Abilify (0.5-1mg) and got more energy, better appetite and easier waking, alongside some agitation and a wired/tired feeling similar to methylation-protocol…
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Improved (5yr)-sometimes dont notice it -now new baseline
After 5 years of severe illness with autonomic dysfunction, cognitive problems, sleep apnea and spinal compressions needing three surgeries, he combined a broad stack - Adderall, Celexa, omeprazole, dopamine- and adrenal-support supplements, B12, an…
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My Story - Dan Neuffer's ME/CFS Fibromyalgia POTS Recovery
Dan Neuffer's page gives only general categories of treatment rather than specific drugs or doses: he says he "healed my gut and changed my diet" under a doctor's guidance, used unnamed supplements to support metabolism, detoxification and oxidative stress,…
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My Valcyte pilgrimage
About two years into illness with a persistent CMV infection (titer 107 against a normal range of 0-18), severe brain fog, extreme fatigue needing 12+ hours of sleep, and tachycardia and breathing trouble so bad she "felt like I was dying," started Valcyte…
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Cheap recovery plan
Combined the Klinghardt parasite protocol, auto-urine therapy, fresh garlic juice with tomato juice twice daily, a homemade MAF-style raw-dairy brew, a raw-sauerkraut/enzyme-rich diet, and (until a few months earlier) the Simplified Methylation Protocol. He…
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CityChanger's Mold Avoidance Update
Camping in a tent on a friend's remote mountain property over several weeks left her hiking, "full of energy" and mentally active, but a single outing into town (including a Whole Foods visit) "slammed" her within hours, triggering orthostatic intolerance,…
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3 Things that Help the Most!!
Manages orthostatic intolerance with midodrine, fludrocortisone, time-released potassium, salt tablets, 3 liters of water a day, deliberately reclining to rest, and a folding cane/stool for standing tasks. Says this combination substantially improves her…
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Hormones: Some women go into remission during pregnancy, can we recreate w hormones?
Used a high-dose estriol cream (6-8mg/day) and says it was "like a miracle for me when I started it," giving dramatic relief from nervous-system symptoms, POTS and depression. The effect later stopped working after she changed her thyroid medication, so the…
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Successful Treatment of CFS - Oriental Medicine
Calls a Chinese herbal mixture "the best medical intervention I have ever taken" for POTS and CFS, but gives no detail on the formula, dose, illness duration/severity, or how large or durable the benefit was, so the claim is notable but thinly documented.
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Learning to Fly Again
Kelvin Lord, "barely able to walk" at the start, took twice-weekly Ampligen infusions for a full year with perfect compliance, enduring about six months of flu-like side effects (tremors, diarrhea, vision loss, depression). He reached roughly 70%…
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NIMODIPINE use in M.E. / CFS : A comprehensive guide. S. Parker (MBA, BSc) January 2014
Amlodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, was taken for about a month by this ME/CFS patient in Australia. Illness duration before starting is not stated. Her POTS-type symptoms had started improving by the one-month mark. The post is written…
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Compression pants alleviating POTS
Compression stockings, waist-high at 20-30mmHg, gave this bedbound ME/CFS patient remarkable stability, letting her stay propped upright for about 2 hours. Illness duration before starting is not stated. That initial benefit was followed by adrenaline surges…
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Compression pants alleviating POTS
Compression stockings, specifically Class 2 medical compression tights at 20-30mmHg, were worn for about 10 years by this severely ill, eventually bedbound ME/CFS patient, who calls them "the best." Illness duration before starting is not stated. The tights…
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Verapamil, a calcium-channel blocker, eases my symptoms
Diltiazem, a non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, was tried once for POTS and produced severe hypotension, vomiting and near-syncope within the same session. Illness duration before the trial is not stated. She discontinued it immediately and did not…
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Why Cold Exposure May Help with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID
Cold water immersion, roughly 20-minute sessions at about 60F/14C in a hydro tank, is used by a commenter with low-end moderate ME/CFS who spends most of her time in bed; illness duration is not stated. She says the primary benefit is emotional, describing…
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Antihistamines for sleep
Used Benadryl (diphenhydramine) regularly for years as one layer of a multi-drug sleep regimen alongside chlorpheniramine, Dramamine, doxylamine and Atarax, for chronic insomnia with ME/CFS affecting both falling and staying asleep. He says he "swore by" it…
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Triple Coagulation Therapy Scores in Long COVID: Implications for ME/CFS, FM and POTS
Baby aspirin plus clopidogrel (Plavix), originally prescribed for heart disease and taken on an ongoing basis. Illness duration and severity beforehand are not stated in the comment. She reports the combination helped her ME/CFS symptoms as well as her heart…
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Triple Coagulation Therapy Scores in Long COVID: Implications for ME/CFS, FM and POTS
Aspirin 81mg plus clopidogrel (Plavix) 75mg, taken daily and continuously for five years. Illness duration before starting and severity are not stated in the comment. She reports the combination has not helped her ME/CFS at all after five years of continuous…
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Miguel's full recovery from severe ME/CFS and POTS
Credits brain retraining. Miguel had severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Likely same Miguel Bautista as buzzsprout ep115.
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Jo Thomas' POTS & chronic fatigue recovery story
Credits holistic and western medicine. Jo had ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Comorbid POTS; combined medical+holistic approach.
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Maria - Long Covid Recovery Story
Credits brain retraining. Maria had very-severe long COVID and reports a substantial improvement. Bedbound with POTS and 50+ rotating symptoms; now rock climbing.
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Primal Trust testimonials: Alyssa Shifre
Credits brain retraining. Alyssa was ill 3y with long COVID and reports a partial improvement. POTS, Lyme, Long COVID and MCAS combination.
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Primal Trust testimonials: Neal
Credits brain retraining. Neal had moderate long COVID and reports a partial improvement. Also diagnosed with POTS and ME/CFS.
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Doctor's Recovery From POTS and Long COVID
Credits brain retraining. Louise was ill 9mo with very-severe long COVID and reports a substantial improvement. Wheelchair-bound doctor; walking again after 4 weeks.
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Vanessa's journey: from chronic illness to recovery
Credits trauma and somatic work, SIRPA and somatic. Vanessa was ill 4y with very-severe long COVID and reports a substantial improvement. 90% recovered; 50+ symptoms including POTS and MCAS.
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Paul Garner's Story
He credits a mind-body approach, working with an unnamed practitioner who had himself recovered from ME/CFS, using relaxation techniques and reinterpreting his symptoms as a stress response, alongside a gradual return to exercise from gentle activity up to…
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Cedar Brown's Story
She recovered from ME/CFS, alongside POTS, mold illness, IBS and anxiety, using a combination of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN), the Edison Effect Program by Anj Garneri, Trauma Healing Accelerated and somatics work, pacing, IFS parts work and mold remediation,…
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Shannon Shares How to Heal from CFS, Fibromyalgia and POTS
Credits brain retraining. Shannon had ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Triple diagnosis; page returned server error.
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How Recovery from ME/CFS and POTS Was Enabled by Family Psychotherapy
Credits brain retraining and trauma and somatic work. Mollie was ill 5y with severe ME/CFS and is described as fully recovered. Husband's account; IFS family therapy plus ANS REWIRE.
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My Story of Craniocervical Instability, ME/CFS, and Tethered Cord
Jeff Wood's treatment progressed from a Philadelphia cervical collar (worn over a month) to a halo brace with four skull screws (worn several months) to skull-to-C2 fusion surgery in early 2018, guided by a dynamic CT scan with flexion and extension views;…