Prayer and faith healing

• 113: This Cured Aly John's SEVERE Long Covid (After 2 Years of Suffering)

  Near normal Long COVID Moderate at worstIll 2 years buzzsprout.com May 2025

  Aly John had long COVID for about two years after a virus in late 2022, with fatigue, brain fog and depression, and needed daily naps. Thyroid medication did little and was stopped after she was told she was allergic to it. She credits a brain-retraining…

• The Suffering of One, Relieved: Kyle McNeases' ME/CFS Recovery Story, Detailed

  Near normal ME/CFS Very severe at worstIll 3.5 years healthrising.org Sep 2019

  Kyle McNease was severely ill with ME/CFS for about 3.5 years after heavy-metal exposure in a barn renovation, bedbound and unable to communicate. He credits a chelation protocol: a brief early improvement, two weeks of worsening, then recovery.…

• Kiki overcomes POTS, MECFS with Chronic Lyme after 10 years of illness

  Recovered ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 10 years cfsunravelled.com May 2019

  Kiki became ill at 15 in 2006 with POTS, then chronic fatigue, and was largely homebound for about ten years. Fludrocortisone, beta-blockers and a long Lyme antibiotic course made her worse. She credits jugular venoplasty, NUCCA chiropractic, a paleo diet…

• Ampligen Does the Trick for Anita

  Near normal ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 11 years healthrising.org Aug 2016

  Anita became severely ill at 24 after an infection and was mostly bedbound, using a wheelchair, for 11 years. Dr Peterson found five activated viruses and prescribed Ampligen, which left her 90% recovered. She stopped after eight years, relapsed a year later…

• Monet finds relief from mind/body practices plus homeopathy

  Near normal ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 13 years healthrising.org Apr 2016

  Monet developed chronic fatigue syndrome after an adverse vaccination reaction around 1991-1995, and was in a wheelchair within nine months, mostly bedbound at her worst. A healer's homeopathy for viral issues turned the corner for her; she also credits…

• Spiritual Experience Changes Matt's Life

  Recovered ME/CFS Moderate at worst healthrising.org May 2015

  Matt's chronic fatigue syndrome followed a viral illness in 1995. By 1998 he had fatigue, dizziness, breathing difficulty, muscle pains and brain fog and had stopped working. Supplements and natural remedies had no effect. He credits a spiritual experience…

• Multidimensional program is the ticket for Michelle

  Near normal ME/CFS Severe at worst healthrising.org Mar 2015

  Michelle became ill in 1979 at age 32, after childbirth and a polio vaccine, and was mostly bedridden and housebound for three months. She credits an elimination diet with supplements such as vitamin C and magnesium, tai chi and qigong, osteopathy, and…

• Multidimensional program is the ticket for Michelle

  Near normal ME/CFS Severe at worst healthrising.org Mar 2015

  Michelle became ill with chronic fatigue syndrome in 1979 at age 32, four months after childbirth and one month after a polio vaccine, and was mostly bedridden and housebound for three months. She credits a multidimensional program: an elimination diet,…

• My Chronic Fatigue Recovery Story

  Recovered ChronicFatigueSurvivor ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 1 year forums.phoenixrising.me Nov 2014

  After a year at 20-30% functioning from April 2013, she tried emotional self-work in April 2014: Mickel steps done alone, a self-help book and a journal. Anxiety, back pain and cramps worsened, then eased within 10 days, and after a month she was free of all…

• Conversations for Coping: Prayer, Peace and Dealing with Upsets in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  Somewhat better Brenda Brown Elliott ME/CFS Moderate at worst healthrising.org Jul 2013

  Brenda Brown Elliott's CFS hit about eight months after an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, and she lived with daily pain and limited energy. She credited prayer with a sense of contentment and even joy, though she said it was no guarantee of making her…

• Relief from Pain & Fatigue!!

  Somewhat better RestingInHim ME/CFS Moderate at worst forums.phoenixrising.me Feb 2010

  They were taking Cymbalta for pain for 2 1/2 years, but it lost its effectiveness after several months of unrelenting pain. In early 2010 they switched to Lyrica and resumed strain counterstrain therapy, crediting both and the grace of God for a turnaround…

• I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just a Little Unwell: My Journey Through CFS

  Recovered Leigh Hatcher ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 2 years me-pedia.org 2005

  Leigh Hatcher, an Australian TV journalist, fell ill suddenly in January 1998 with pain, exhaustion and confusion, and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome about a year later. He had to leave work and became dependent on others. He got well after…

• Katie's Healing Journey from ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia

  Recovered ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 4 years healwithliz.com

  Katie developed fibromyalgia and ME/CFS gradually while working as a therapist, and was primarily bedridden for about two years. After a genetic test found mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, she credits a mito cocktail with a quick recovery, along with…

• How Dr. Cat found her freedom from Severe CFS and Lyme

  Recovered ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 15 years healwithliz.com

  Cat had ME/CFS and chronic Lyme from her early twenties and spent over a decade mostly in bed in a dark room. After spending over $100,000 on herbal, energy and other treatments that got her nowhere, she credits brain retraining (DNRS) and a shift toward…

• Payton Foeller's Story

  Near normal ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 4.5 years the-recovery-hub.org

  Payton's decline began after her second birth, and after weaning her third child she became severely ill, needing help on stairs and with dressing at times. Healing began about 4.5 years in, and she credits Brainspotting, Dr. John Sarno's mind-body approach,…

• 149: 20 Years of Severe CFS and Fibromyalgia: These 3 Things Cured Me (Ariel Shutte's Story)

  Recovered Doesn’t credit it · Not said ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 20 years buzzsprout.com Jul 2025

  Ariel became ill at seven and was severely ill for about 20 years, often couch-bound, with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. She credits nervous system brain retraining, first ANS Rewire and then CFS Recovery coaching, though she went backwards after the first. She…

• From Severe ME/CFS to Healed: Jen's Remarkable Rinvoq ME/CFS Recovery Story

  Near normal Doesn’t credit it · Not said ME/CFS Very severe at worstIll 18 years healthrising.org Nov 2024

  Jen was bedbound about 90% of the time for 18 years after a flu-like infection in 2006, with post-exertional malaise and dysautonomia. She took Rinvoq 15 mg daily for two months, felt worse on it, and stopped when her white cell count fell dangerously low.…

• Overcoming CFS Relapses: Rebuilding and Shifting Perspectives

  Near normal Doesn’t credit it · Not saidKaty ME/CFS Severe at worst the-recovery-hub.org Mar 2024

  Katy McGhie had severe ME/CFS, mostly bedridden for a year, and was ill for about ten years. She credits the Lightning Process, which made her functional within weeks, but relapsed a year later. Later she credits graded exercise, a health coach, Mickel…

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: My 13 Year Crash to Cure Story

  Near normal Doesn’t credit it · Not saidRebecca ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 13 years rebeccatolin.com Jan 2024

  Rebecca, a broadcast journalist, was ill for 13 years after a virus in her early thirties and largely housebound for years, with no lasting gain from medical and alternative treatments. After a phone call she credits the Sarno/Schubiner mind-body approach,…

• From 5 minute walks to a marathon comeback: Chris' CFS recovery story

  Near normal Doesn’t credit it · No change ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 3.75 years healwithliz.com Jan 2021

  Chris had moderate ME/CFS from a viral infection in November 2016, often struggling with 5-minute walks and couch-bound after crashes. He credited meditation, an Ayurvedic diet, graded movement and cold-water swims. By late 2020 he worked five days a week,…

• For me it became vital to think that I was well, to say I was well

  Much better Doesn’t credit it · Not saidKirsti ME/CFS Very severe at worstIll 8.5 years recoverynorway.org Jan 2019

  Kirsti was ill with ME from about 1999 and by 2006 was bedridden in a dark, soundproof room, fed by others and unable to tolerate light or sound. She credits a two-day Lightning Process course in December 2007, after which she walked out of her room; herbal…

• To me ME is no great mystery

  Recovered Doesn’t credit it · Not saidArild ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 12 years recoverynorway.org Jan 2019

  Arild Berg was an elite footballer when ME/CFS began in 1997; by 2001 he could no longer play and was not functioning. He spent over 2 million crowns on treatments before crediting talks with Dr. Arne Stenstrøm from 2009, who blamed years of stress from…

• A Story of Survival: How Diet Saved a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Patient's Life

  Somewhat better Doesn’t credit it · Not saidNaomi ME/CFS Severe at worst healthrising.org Dec 2015

  Naomi, who managed three medical clinics, became bedridden and unable to tolerate stimuli after constant infections and septicemia. She kept to ten foods she did not react to for five years, with stress reduction and faith, and credited that diet, with herbs…

• Diet makes the biggest difference for Alexandra

  Recovered Doesn’t credit it · No change ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 8 years healthrising.org Aug 2015

  Alexandra became ill at 26 after flu and was mostly bedbound and in a wheelchair. She recovered on a doctor's supplements and diet, but after going off them she crashed and spent seven years mostly home- and bed-bound. She credited a low-carbohydrate,…

• having a lot of relief from my cfs symptoms

  Somewhat better Doesn’t credit it · Not saidAmericanrealist ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 6 years forums.phoenixrising.me Mar 2013

  Ill since 2007, after a quick onset during stressful years in New York, they could only walk a few minutes before starting RNA drops containing iCell. Alongside Effexor, gabapentin and Cymbalta, the drops let them walk for a few hours without ankle pain.…

• Cedar Brown's Story

  Recovered Doesn’t credit it · Not said ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 3 years the-recovery-hub.org

  Cedar's ME/CFS began suddenly in summer 2019, later with POTS and mold illness, and became mostly housebound after a disability insurance fight. Cedar credits somatics, LDN for brain fog, pacing, a self-made 5 Keys of Healing framework and a second mold…

The first 15 credit Prayer and faith healing for their improvement; the other 11 tried it without crediting it.