Improvement story
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 6 years
- Published
- Aug 2026
Summary
Across several posts spanning 2023-2026, Gzephyr describes climbing out of EBV-reactivation-driven CFS using valacyclovir as a base, adding NAC and intermittent fasting, and finally a tonsillectomy in early 2025. He says he went from severe (~8/10 fatigue, constant PEM) down to roughly 1-2/10, and by August 2026 could play tennis 30 minutes to an hour and jog with only minor PEM if triggered by acid reflux. He is careful to frame it as ongoing management rather than a cure - NAC in particular he says needs periodic breaks because prolonged use causes emotional flatness.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Diet, Supplements, Surgery & structural, Carnitine, BCAA, amino acids, Intermittent fasting, NAC and glutathione, Sinus, jaw and tonsil surgery, Valtrex / valacyclovir.
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