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How it went for everyone who tried one of its treatments

Helped means they said it helped with what they took it for, which may be one symptom and not the illness. Each person counts once: someone who tried several of these treatments is split equally across those they said how it went for.

72%
helped
2,923 of 4,091
8%
no change
334 of 4,091
20%
got worse
834 of 4,091

Shares are out of the 4,091 people who said how it went for at least one of them, each counted once, the parts rounded to whole people. 658 more tried one or credit the approach without saying how it went.

How it wentPeopleShare
Helped a lot53013%
Helped2,39359%
No change3348%
Worse78519%
Much worse491%

Among the 1,087 who credit it with their improvement, here’s how they are now

Credit it means they say it’s one reason they got better.

17%
recovered or near normal
182 of 1,086
71%
much or somewhat better
774 of 1,086
12%
relapsed
130 of 1,086
1
outcome unclear
not in the shares

Where each person was at the end of their story, or in their latest post that says how they are, compared with their worst point.

Outcome describedPeopleShare
Recovered363%
Near normal14614%
Much better36233%
Somewhat better41238%
Relapsed13012%
Outcome unclear1—

Did it last?

  • 48 of 1,087 said the benefit of a treatment in this approach wore off (21 of them among the 130 who relapsed).
  • 615 of 1,087 say they still need to keep doing something (not always one in this approach) to stay well.

By how ill people were

Only the 1,087 who credit this approach, so people it didn’t help or made worse aren’t here. How they are now is their outcome overall.

Severity at worstHow they are nownRecovered or near normal
Mild16325%
Moderate30213%
Severe42417%
Very severe613%
Not stated13719%
At worstOutcomePeopleShare
MildRecovered4 of 1632%
MildNear normal37 of 16323%
MildMuch better30 of 16318%
MildSomewhat better78 of 16348%
MildRelapsed14 of 1639%
ModerateRecovered6 of 3022%
ModerateNear normal35 of 30211%
ModerateMuch better115 of 30238%
ModerateSomewhat better117 of 30239%
ModerateRelapsed29 of 30210%
SevereRecovered19 of 4244%
SevereNear normal53 of 42413%
SevereMuch better157 of 42437%
SevereSomewhat better129 of 42430%
SevereRelapsed66 of 42416%
Very severeNear normal2 of 613%
Very severeMuch better29 of 6148%
Very severeSomewhat better22 of 6136%
Very severeRelapsed8 of 6113%
Not statedRecovered7 of 1365%
Not statedNear normal19 of 13614%
Not statedMuch better31 of 13623%
Not statedSomewhat better66 of 13648%
Not statedRelapsed13 of 13610%

Treatments in this approach

Bar: how it went for everyone on the site who tried it and said so. Recovered and Faded: of the people here who credit it.

The bar (How it went) and the line under each name are among everyone on the site who tried it and said how it went, the same numbers as on each treatment’s own page. Recovered and Faded are among the people here who credit it. Grey numbers rest on fewer than 10 people; a faded share in red is a third or more.

Fewer than 3 people here credit these, so they aren’t ranked: Labetalol, Timolol, Pindolol, Sotalol.

20 of the 1,087 people

See all 1,087 stories
  • Bedbound with ME/CFS, now housebound and somewhat better with rest and low-dose naltrexone

    Somewhat better Maple 86872 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 18 months before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    After about 1.5 years of ME/CFS with push–crash cycles, they became bedbound for two months in mid-2026, getting up only for the bathroom. They improved slowly with four months of rest, low-dose naltrexone, a beta-blocker, compression and salt/fluids. By…

  • Long COVID with POTS and brain fog, improved then relapsed, now mostly housebound

    Relapsed Glade 14161 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 4 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    A teenager developed POTS, vertigo and brain fog after COVID in 2022, then had a near two-year remission. A reinfection in late 2024 left her disabled, and further infections plus a decline into ME-type crashes with light and sound sensitivity made her…

  • Housebound and mostly in bed with ME/CFS, now much better on rapamycin and low-carb diet

    Much better Flint 23355 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 10 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Ill for over a decade, Flint 23355 was at worst housebound and mostly in bed. Over the years she improved, crediting a low-carb, high-fat diet, iron infusions and rapamycin at 4 mg, which helped PEM after a direct 6 mg start caused a massive crash; weekly…

  • Housebound with ME/CFS and brain fog, now much better with pacing and antihistamines

    Much better Lagoon 80616 ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 6.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Ill from March 2020, they were housebound with POTS, brain fog and PEM early on, and in May 2023 said treatments had taken them from about 30% to 70% of normal. Blood thinners, guanfacine, antihistamines, continuous progesterone, pacing and other medications…

  • Mostly bedbound with ME/CFS, now somewhat better with fludrocortisone and beta blockers

    Somewhat better Kestrel 92313 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 15 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Kestrel 92313 had ME/CFS for about 15 years, mild at first and severe/mostly bedbound (90–95% bedbound) by early 2026. Fludrocortisone, beta blockers, salt and fluids for POTS were part of measures giving about 10% improvement, and they remained severe and…

  • Long COVID left him housebound and unable to work; LDN helped brain fog, then he worsened

    Relapsed Moon 36282 Long COVID Ill 3 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    A Canadian man in his thirties fell ill with long COVID after an infection in late 2022 and kept working until his condition worsened and he could no longer work. Low-dose naltrexone cleared his brain fog, a beta-blocker helped his POTS, and testosterone…

  • Housebound or bedbound with ME/CFS, improved then relapsed after propranolol and LDN

    Relapsed Lynx 12513 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 7 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    After several viruses in 2019 she worsened from mild to moderate-severe ME/CFS, with ADHD stimulants, work and social overexertion driving crashes. She stopped work in December 2025 and was housebound or bedbound for nine months. Propranolol 40 mg lifted her…

  • ME/CFS with PEM, brain fog and pain, somewhat better after ketogenic diet and LDN

    Somewhat better Tern 71099 ME/CFS Mild at worstIll 15 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Developed ME/CFS after Epstein-Barr more than 15 years before writing, later worsened by long COVID. She described PEM, POTS (later resolved), MCAS, migraines, brain fog and pain, and crashes after exertion. She credited a ketogenic diet, low-dose naltrexone…

  • Mostly bedbound for years with ME/CFS, now much better after Abilify and propranolol

    Much better Vale 28159 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 6.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    They fell ill in June 2020 after a post-operative infection and spent years mostly bedbound, leaving the house once every couple months. Starting high-dose Abilify for psychosis in 2025, then raising propranolol for POTS and adding buspirone and clonidine,…

  • Bedbound with severe ME/CFS, now moving toward moderate with pacing and LDN

    Much better Petrel 13166 ME/CFS Very severe at worstIll 14 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Ill with ME/CFS since a viral infection at age 8 in 2012, they fluctuated between mild and moderate/severe for over a decade. A virus in early 2025 dropped them from near remission to severe and bedbound, with worse POTS and suspected MCAS. Low-dose…

  • Bed-bound then couch-bound with long COVID, now much better with pacing and therapy

    Much better Alpine 54901 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 1 year before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    A Dutch woman in her mid-30s developed ME/CFS-type long COVID after a reinfection; she spent January 2025 in bed and February couch-bound. Propranolol, which she takes for POTS-related tachycardia, made a huge difference in getting her upright rather than…

  • Long COVID bedbound some days, housebound most, now much better with rest and beta blocker

    Much better Cove 74571 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 2.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    She developed long COVID in December 2020 and over about 2.5 years got back to roughly 80% of normal, working full time. A December 2023 reinfection left her bedbound some days and housebound most, and she went on disability. With rest, time, electrolytes,…

  • Mostly bedbound with ME/CFS and daily POTS fainting, now much better with pacing

    Much better Vale 28053 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    They developed ME/CFS after a COVID infection and were severe, mostly bedbound and fainting daily from POTS, for about two and a half years. Low-dose naltrexone, POTS medication, creatine and strict pacing helped them reach moderate, around Bell 40, but they…

  • Nearly bedbound with long COVID, now close to normal after ganglion blocks and nicotine

    Near normal Dusk 66875 Long COVID Severe at worstIll 3.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    A former daily 5K runner, he caught COVID and was nearly bedbound in the second month with dysautonomia and PEM. Over more than two years he tried many treatments, crediting stellate ganglion blocks and nicotine, and was trying rapamycin. He was not fully…

  • ME/CFS improved then relapsed to severe, out of bed 5-30 minutes; LDN helped thinking

    Relapsed Swan 18111 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 19 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    They had ME/CFS since childhood after atypical pneumonia, moderate for some 17 years until a spontaneous remission let them work and exercise for a few months. They then declined into severe, out of bed 5-30 minutes a day, blaming overexertion, Wellbutrin…

  • ME/CFS left them mostly in bed; now somewhat better, beta blockers help them stand

    Somewhat better Cardinal 75476 ME/CFS Moderate at worstIll 13 months before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Cardinal 75476 fell ill with COVID in September 2025, had a second infection in December, then overexerted, and has been roughly moderate since: mostly in bed, walking about 100 m, under 400 steps a day. Beta blockers let them stand for a few minutes again.…

  • ME/CFS with PEM, bedbound, now somewhat better after stopping inhaler

    Somewhat better Meadow 73825 ME/CFS Ill 3 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    After long COVID they developed ME/CFS symptoms with PEM, suspected POTS/dysautonomia and asthma, deteriorating over a year from work to sick leave. An asthma glucocorticoid inhaler left them bedbound until they stopped it, after which they improved within…

  • Severe ME/CFS, mostly bedbound, now somewhat better with radical rest and pacing

    Somewhat better Alder 19415 ME/CFS Severe at worst reddit.com Oct 2026

    A person in Edinburgh who went from mild ME/CFS to severe and mostly bedbound. After a seven-month flare, they got out of years of rolling PEM with radical rest, pacing, activity diaries and Visible. Crashes became shorter and clearer, but they stayed mostly…

  • Mostly bedbound with ME/CFS and POTS, now housebound after tVNS and pacing

    Somewhat better Crane 62793 ME/CFS Severe at worstIll 3.5 years before improving or writing reddit.com Oct 2026

    Crane 62793, a UK adult in their mid-30s, developed ME/CFS after a COVID infection, with symptoms starting in 2022-2023: first mild then moderate-severe with PEM, brain fog and migraines. A crash in October 2025 left them mostly bed bound and they developed…

  • Bedbound with ME/CFS for three years, now much better with methylene blue

    Much better Hill 46448 ME/CFS Severe at worst reddit.com Oct 2026

    Undiagnosed mild ME/CFS for years, Hill 46448 became severe after a concussion and a crash that left her bedbound about three years, needing a power wheelchair and diapers. She credits compounded methylene blue most, alongside POTS drugs, LDN, NAD-ketamine…

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