ME/CFS
Mild → somewhat better
Could These Be Fueling Your ME/CFS? (When Brain Training Isn’t Enough) – Dr. Evan Hirsch, MD
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving
- Not stated
- Published
- No date given
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In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I had my own story of chronic fatigue syndrome
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - At worst: Mild
I was still napping underneath my desk every day
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Now: Somewhat better
that's kind of part of how I got better too
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Summary
Evan Hirsch, a physician, says he had chronic fatigue syndrome from 2010 and napped under his desk every day while still working. Vitamin, mineral and hormone support and a gluten- and dairy-free diet did not get him there. He credits environmental medicine and identifying the 'toxic 5' root causes as part of how he got better, though he felt worse during the detoxification process.
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What they tried
What they credit
environmental medicine and toxic-5 root-cause approach· Helped · main
Also tried
functional medicine (vitamins, minerals, hormones, mitochondrial support)· No changegluten-free and dairy-free diet· No changegluten-free and dairy-free diet· No changeLyme and its co-infections· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- functional medicine (vitamins, minerals, hormones, mitochondrial support) · No change
I was replacing my deficiencies I was boosting my vitamins and minerals and hormones and mitochondrial health
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - gluten-free and dairy-free diet · No change
I was gluten free dairy free
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - environmental medicine and toxic-5 root-cause approach · Helped
that's kind of part of how I got better too is you know finding the toxic five
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Lyme and its co-infections · Not said
I had to learn it for myself because I had lime and its Co infections
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Approaches: Alternative therapies
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. The dashed part: the story doesn’t say when. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Started flagging with chronic fatigue while practising functional medicine2010 I started flagging and I started getting chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndromeWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild |
| 2.8 y | Napping under his desk every day for years despite supplements, hormones and dietI started napping underneath my desk and it was like napping you know the thousandth day in a rowWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild |
| — | Got better after addressing heavy metals, chemicals, mould, infections and nervous systemthat's kind of part of how I got better too is you know finding the toxic fiveWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild |
Adverse events
- “I always felt worse when I was going through that process” Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
I started napping underneath my desk
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