Severe ME/CFS, now much better after leaving a harmful home and using cannabis
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I’m recovering from severe ME/CFS
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I’m recovering from severe ME/CFS
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
steadily been able to find ways to reach remission
In context ↗
Summary
Thæïa, 24, described themself as recovering from severe ME/CFS, having steadily found ways to reach remission and calling their current health hard-won. They said family was their biggest relapse trigger and that they had left a harmful environment for the safest home they'd ever been in. They used cannabis to manage symptoms and stretch their PEM window, ran a pet sitting business and said a 9-5 job would risk relapse.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cannabis · Helped
I also am using cannabis to manage my symptoms and safely stretch my PEM window with getting tasks done.
In context ↗ - leaving a harmful environment and estranging from family · Helped a lot
building a new life after leaving a harmful environment ... estranging myself from family since they are the biggest trigger for relapses
Approaches: Mould avoidance
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.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| — | severe ME/CFSI’m recovering from severe ME/CFSIn context ↗ |
| — | relapses triggered by family contactthey are the biggest trigger for relapsesIn context ↗ |
| 2025-08 | in hard-won remission, running a pet sitting businesssteadily been able to find ways to reach remission and am doing everything in my power to keep the health I’ve worked really hard forIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I also am using cannabis to manage my symptoms and safely stretch my PEM window with getting tasks done
In context ↗
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