ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
Not working with ME/CFS, tried radical acceptance for shame; bad days remain
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I only mention it because some of us are so sensitive to medication side effects
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
It eventually helped me with feeling worthless and ashamed about my lack of a job/productivity
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Summary
A Reddit user in an ME/CFS forum who was not working wrote in January 2022 that a psychologist's idea of radical acceptance had, over a couple of years, eased their shame about lack of a job and productivity, though bad days remained. Lamictal and Seroquel made their anxiety ten times worse, and a book's suggestions left them feeling sicker.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- radical acceptance · Helped
It eventually helped me with feeling worthless and ashamed about my lack of a job/productivity. It took a couple of years to help though.
In context ↗ - lamictal · Much worse
lamictal and Seroquel made my anxiety 10x worse
In context ↗ - this book · Worse
This book not only didn't work, some of his suggestions made me feel sicker.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-03 | radical acceptance eased shame about not workingIt eventually helped me with feeling worthless and ashamed about my lack of a job/productivity.In context ↗ | Not stated | Acceptance of illness (radical acceptance) |
| 2022-01-04 | still had bad days; a self-help book's suggestions made them feel sickersome of his suggestions made me feel sicker. ... I still have bad days. | Moderate |
Adverse events
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal), Quetiapine (Seroquel)“Personally, lamictal and Seroquel made my anxiety 10x worse.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal), Quetiapine (Seroquel)“Personally, lamictal and Seroquel made my anxiety 10x worse.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
lamictal and Seroquel made my anxiety 10x worse
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