Beginning of improvement?
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 6 years
- Published
- Jun 2018
Summary
Six weeks into a self-directed antiviral/immune-booster stack (famciclovir, amantadine, cimetidine, astragalus, inosine, vitamin C) for CFS that began after an unresolved flu six years earlier, reports "much more energy, no brain fog, no fatigue, no chest pain, no stiff neck," though nerve pain and sweating persisted. She herself questions whether the pattern is "a good or bad sign" and was still considering changing the protocol -- an early, unconfirmed improvement by her own account.
What they credit
Credits Antihistamines & MCAS, Antivirals, Supplements, Amantadine, Famvir / famciclovir (Pridgen), H2 blockers (famotidine, cimetidine).
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Heart symptoms & palpitations, Pain & fibromyalgia.
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