ME/CFS crash after a mountain climb, only slightly better a year on
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2018
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
https://www.reddit.com/r/cfs/comments/8ksyxi/_/dzb3tmf/
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
one year later and only the last month I fell a bit better but not much
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Summary
Plover 36498, posting in an ME/CFS forum, had giardia turn up on testing and was treated with antibiotics twice in one month, after which they felt great apart from a three-month headache. About three months later they climbed a mountain and crashed, and a year on they were only slightly better. They also reported sleep apnoea and recent low testosterone.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- antibiotics · Helped
It was treated with antibiotics can't remember the name but I was treated 2 times in the month.
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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.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | giardia treated with antibiotics twice in a month; felt great except a headacheI felt great except the headacheIn context ↗ | Antibiotics (unspecified) |
| — | crashed after climbing a mountain about three months after treatmentI decided to climb a mountain about 3 months after and I crashedIn context ↗ | |
| 2018-05-21 | a year after the crash, only slightly better in the last monthone year later and only the last month I fell a bit better but not muchIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Antibiotics (unspecified)“I had a headache for 3 months after is was treated.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
I had a headache for 3 months after is was treated
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
after Gd, I know have sleep apnoea
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
I decided to climb a mountain about 3 months after and I crashed
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