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DecodeME Initial Results Webinar discussion

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DecodeME megathread

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Jarred Younger finds more evidence of microglial activation in ME/CFS

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Poem about grief

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Feeling trapped

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What do you do when you’re very severe (totally bedridden) and need dental work?

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Is this why raising arms above the head wipes me out so fast?

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Does anyone else crash for no reason sometimes?

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the me/cfs experience

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The story of Marc, very severe ME patient from Ukraine who’s kept at a mental hospital against his will

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Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too?

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I’m about to crash I’m about to crash I’m about to crash I’m about to cra-ash

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I’m very severe but don’t have severe pain

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Looking for a sample Dr letter for home care application

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Does anyone else have this reaction to “overeating”?

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Let’s share our predictions for 2025

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Is tachycardia in itself exertion?

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Does anyone else get weird dreams when in a crash?

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You can’t make this shit up

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Scream into the Void Saturday

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Anyone else has a caregiver who’s an alcoholic?

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Anyone else feel a sense of impending doom when their baseline gets a little lower?

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family can’t come to terms with me being unfixable

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Jarred Younger shared a list of potential treatments that protect against neuroinflammation caused by activated microglia

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Charité recommends their LC/ME patients ginseng, minocycline and atorvastatin. Anyone tried that?

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