Bedbound with ME/CFS, now much better after a CFS recovery PDF and Unlearn Your Pain
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 14 months
- Last post
- Oct 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
My cfs was triggered by gallbladder surgery
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I was bedbound for about 2 months
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
have slowly recovered where I can now drive and do housework. Not yet back to work
In context ↗ - Began after: injury or surgery
My cfs was triggered by gallbladder surgery, it was the first time I experienced an extreme fatigue crash
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Island 64398's ME/CFS began with an extreme fatigue crash after gallbladder surgery; a year of dizziness, palpitations, pins and needles, numbness and insomnia followed before they became bedbound for about two months. After a crash during a two-week work break they started a CFS recovery PDF and Unlearn Your Pain, and says their fatigue and dizziness lifted within days. They now drive short distances and do housework but are not back at work.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- “rational approach to cfs recovery” pdf · Helped a lot
the PDF linked in this group gave me an immediate improvement within 2 days
In context ↗ - Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner · Helped
The exercises were so helpful and I’ve been recovering well with the understanding it gives, and the techniques
In context ↗ - resting and taking it easy · Not said
I’m still resting and taking it easy
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | gallbladder surgery brought the first extreme fatigue crashMy cfs was triggered by gallbladder surgery, it was the first time I experienced an extreme fatigue crashIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2026 | severe crash during a two-week break from work; bed/couch-boundIt lasted about 4-5 weeks of being bed/couch boundIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2026-10-20 | recovery PDF techniques; bedbound fatigue and dizziness gone, able to do a lot of activitiesthe PDF linked in this group gave me an immediate improvement within 2 daysIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2026-10-27 | recovering well with Unlearn Your Pain exercises; drives short distances, does housework, not back at workI’ve been recovering well with the understanding it gives, and the techniquesIn context ↗ | Moderate | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
Extreme fatigue and dizziness causing me to be bed bound was gone
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
pins&needles, numbness
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
swollen lymph nodes
In context ↗
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