ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS with an easily triggered immune system, catching every bug, tried supplements
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Nov 2022
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
the CFS/ME means whatever I catch is going to hit me harder than my peers
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I've caught every bug going around at work this year so clearly what I'm doing isn't working.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Rain 23789 described having CFS/ME with an easily triggered immune system, catching every bug that went round their workplace in 2022, each one hitting harder than it did their colleagues. They masked, sanitised and took zinc, vitamin C, ginseng, echinacea and magnesium to try to boost their system, and felt exhausted and disbelieved by coworkers when they called in sick. No onset date, severity, or improvement was described.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- zinc · Not said
I already mask and sanitize, and have a pharmacy of supplements to try and boost my system when something is circulating at work (zinc
In context ↗ - vit C · Not said
a pharmacy of supplements to try and boost my system when something is circulating at work (zinc, vit C
In context ↗ - ginseng · Not said
boost my system when something is circulating at work (zinc, vit C, ginseng
In context ↗ - echinacea · Not said
circulating at work (zinc, vit C, ginseng, echinacea, magnesium)
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|
| onset | CFS/ME onset at an unstated time; catches colds very easilysince my diagnosis, I get sick so easilyIn context ↗ |
| 2022-11-23 | catching every bug at work and being disbelieved when calling in sickI've caught every bug going around at work this year so clearly what I'm doing isn't working.In context ↗ |