26 Years of Hell: An ME/CFS/FM Recovery Story
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- 26 years
- Published
- Dec 2017
Summary
After 26 years of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia (and roughly $200,000 spent on failed treatments), this patient started the Pridgen protocol of Famvir, Celebrex and Cymbalta, with Tramadol for pain. Around 10 weeks in she had a sudden resolution of sensory hypersensitivity, and by 8 months she reached 8/10 health, able to do Pilates without crashing; the improvement had held through the article's publication and she knew four other patients who had recovered or nearly recovered on the same protocol.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Famvir / famciclovir (Pridgen).
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