Possible CFS success story. Got much better after 4-5 years. Here's what has helped.
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 4.5 years
- Published
- Jan 2016
Summary
Never formally diagnosed but self-describing as a mild case, this poster went from an estimated 20% to 70-90% of normal functioning over 4-5 years on a large stack (St. John's Wort, 15g/day D-ribose, melatonin/Seriphos, acetyl-L-carnitine, fish oil) plus a strict low-glycemic diet and daily walking. Energy and mental symptoms improved substantially, letting him study and socialize again, but the gains need active maintenance - stopping D-ribose caused rapid worsening within days. He hedges heavily throughout ("I'm not sure how it has been able to do so much good") and reports no commercial angle.
What they credit
Credits Diet, Supplements, Carnitine, BCAA, amino acids, NAD+ boosters (NMN, nicotinamide riboside, NADH, ATP), Omega-3 and fish oil, St John's Wort.
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