Story
ME/CFS
Substantial
Severe Independent (blog, forum, news)
Anxiety & low mood substantial
ME/CFS · Severe · Ill 40 years · forums.phoenixrising.me
ME/CFS
Severe → substantialIll for 40 yearsNeeds ongoing treatment
Tricyclic Antidepressants Work for Me
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 40 years
- Published
- Undated
Summary
RuralRick woke up with sudden-onset CFS 40 years ago and spent 4 untreated years severely affected before a second tricyclic antidepressant (after a first failed) brought remission within about a week at 125-150mg. He has maintained that remission on a 25-75mg daily maintenance dose for decades, with symptoms reliably returning whenever the dose drops too low, so the drug controls rather than cures the condition.