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ME/CFS Relapsed

ME/CFS went into remission on a five-month antibiotic course, then relapsed

Condition
ME/CFS
At worst
Not stated
Ill before improving or writing
Not stated
Last post
Oct 2018
In their words
  • Condition: ME/CFS5 months antibiotics cfs into remission In context ↗
  • Now: Relapsed5 months antibiotics cfs into remission then fucked never recovered In context ↗
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Summary

They described having CFS and said that a five-month course of antibiotics put the CFS into remission, but that they then relapsed and never recovered. They gave no detail on when the illness began, which symptoms they had, how severe it was, or how long the remission lasted, and no other treatments are mentioned.

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What they tried

Their words about each treatment
  • antibiotics · HelpedSame thing happened to me 5 months antibiotics cfs into remission then fucked never recovered In context ↗

Approaches: Antibiotics

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.

WhenWhat happenedAfter
—Had CFSSame thing happened to me In context ↗
—CFS went into remission on 5 months of antibiotics5 months antibiotics cfs into remission In context ↗Antibiotics (unspecified)
—relapsed after the remission and never recoveredthen fucked never recovered In context ↗

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