ME/CFS, now much better with functional medicine and diet change
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2021
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I’ve been diagnosed for 1.5 years
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I’ve improved so much through a variety of diet change, acupuncture and acceptance.
In context ↗
Summary
Reddit user Eagle 29413 was diagnosed with ME/CFS about 1.5 years before their February 2020 post, when they said they had improved so much through a variety of diet change, acupuncture and acceptance. In April 2021 they wrote that functional medicine, which they note is considered alternative rather than mainstream, had really helped them.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- diet change · Helped
I’ve improved so much through a variety of diet change, acupuncture and acceptance
In context ↗ - functional medicine · Helped
Functional medicine is considered ‘alternative’ and it’s really helped me.
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · Alternative therapies · Diet
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 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | diagnosed with ME/CFS (1.5 years before their February 2020 post)I’ve been diagnosed for 1.5 yearsIn context ↗ |
| 2020-02-11 | improved so much with diet change, acupuncture and acceptanceI’ve improved so much through a variety of diet change, acupuncture and acceptanceIn context ↗ |
| 2021-04-05 | says functional medicine has really helped themFunctional medicine is considered ‘alternative’ and it’s really helped me.In context ↗ |
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