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ME/CFS Mild → no benefit

ME/CFS: in pain while working until burnout, medications gave no improvement

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Mild (working or studying, with limits)
Ill for
Not stated
Last post
Oct 2025
In their words
  • Condition: ME/CFSI'll work for 6 months to a year, in pain and anguish every minute of every day ... have to recover for 6 months to a year In context ↗
  • At worst: MildI'll work for 6 months to a year, in pain and anguish every minute of every day In context ↗
  • Now: No benefitRinse and repeat. I'm over it. In context ↗
Read from 2 of their posts and comments; links to the 2 this page draws on

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Summary

Moon 15528 has ME/CFS. They worked for six months to a year at a time, in pain and anguish every minute, then burned out and needed six months to a year to recover, trying several medications each time; they are over the cycle. Generous parents kept them afloat, and a cat that sleeps about 20 hours a day keeps them company.

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Their path

What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.

WhenWhat happened
—burned out after six months to a year of work, needing six months to a year to recovercompletely burn out and then have to recover for 6 months to a year In context ↗
2025-10-05sleeping about 20 hours a day on the same schedule as their cat, still cycling through work and burnoutCats sleep like 20 hours a day so we're on the same schedule. In context ↗

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Post-exertional malaisecompletely burn out and then have to recover for 6 months to a year In context ↗
  • Sleep problemsCats sleep like 20 hours a day so we're on the same schedule. In context ↗
  • Pain & fibromyalgiain pain and anguish every minute of every day In context ↗

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