Months of ME/CFS-like exhaustion, somewhat better after calming self-talk
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 months
- Last post
- Feb 2017
In their words
- Now: Somewhat better
if I manage to successfully calm myself down and to tell myself that it's all in my head, I myself literally feel much better and most, if not all, of my symptoms actually go away
In context ↗ - Began after: nothing they could name
over the last couple of months, I've had symptoms which, at various points in time, mimicked chronic fatigue syndrome
Summary
Creek 17125 posted in r/cfs in early 2017 about a couple of months of symptoms that mimicked chronic fatigue syndrome and POTS, with general exhaustion. A cardiologist concluded they did not have POTS and an MRI was normal. Calming themselves and telling themselves it was 'all in my head' made most symptoms go away, and they questioned whether the dysautonomia was psychosomatic. Advil brought a blood-pressure and head-pressure spike.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Advil · Worse
I took Advil one hour ago to relieve head pain and ended up getting extremely massive blood pressure as well as even more extreme pressure in my head afterwards
In context ↗ - calming myself down and telling myself that it's all in my head · Helped a lot
if I manage to successfully calm myself down and to tell myself that it's all in my head, I myself literally feel much better and most, if not all, of my symptoms actually go away
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| over the couple of months before Feb 2017 | symptoms mimicking CFS and POTS beganover the last couple of months, I've had symptoms which, at various points in time, mimicked chronic fatigue syndrome, POTS syndrome, general exhaustionIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2017-01-30 | head pain; Advil caused blood pressure and head pressure spikeI took Advil one hour ago to relieve head pain and ended up getting extremely massive blood pressure as well as even more extreme pressure in my head afterwards.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2017-02-26 | calming themselves made most symptoms go away; POTS ruled out, MRI normalif I manage to successfully calm myself down and to tell myself that it's all in my head, I myself literally feel much better and most, if not all, of my symptoms actually go awayIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Ibuprofen (Advil, Nurofen, Motrin)“I took Advil one hour ago to relieve head pain and ended up getting extremely massive blood pressure as well as even more extreme pressure in my head afterwards.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
mimicked chronic fatigue syndrome, POTS syndrome, general exhaustion
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I took Advil one hour ago to relieve head pain
In context ↗
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