ME/CFS
No benefit
ME/CFS with PEM and a sliding baseline, pacing brought no improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
the depression gets a small win without the PEM hangover
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
The baseline slide is what makes it maddening, you recalibrate and then the goalposts move again.
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Summary
Posting in an ME/CFS forum in October 2026, Osprey 87595 described pacing an active mind against post-exertional malaise, using a kitchen timer with a pet game, dry audiobooks and occasional embroidery to avoid a PEM hangover. They said the depression got a small win when they stayed within their limits, but that their baseline kept sliding and the goalposts moved again.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- pacing · Not said
With the pet game I set a kitchen timer across the room so I have to physically lean over to shut it off
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Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
without the PEM hangover
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
the depression gets a small win
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