ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS crashes after talking, unable to form sentences; stimulants helped ADHD only
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Sep 2021
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I know that stimulants are often highly counter-productive for people with ME but my experience is that they have been useful for managing ADHD
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Summary
Osprey 66998 described ME/CFS with fatigue and crashes after talking to doctors or supervisors, leaving them unable to form sentences. They said pacing was a struggle and that ADHD made it hard to occupy themselves while fatigued. They had taken stimulants for about 18 months and found them useful for managing ADHD, though they noted stimulants are often counter-productive in ME. No overall recovery or change in ME/CFS was reported.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- stimulants · Helped
my experience is that they have been useful for managing ADHD - althought it's only been about 18 months since i started
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Pacing is inherently difficult and a struggle
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Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I go home and crash and am incapable of forming sentences.
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