Out of action for about a year, now back to normal
- Condition
- Condition not stated
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Dec 2018
In their words
- Condition: Condition not stated
symptoms very similar to CFS
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
for a year I was out
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
After a year it slowly subsided and now I'm normal again.
In context ↗
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Summary
A couple of years before writing, Ocean 56843 took broad-spectrum antibiotics (ciprofloxacin) for an infection and developed symptoms very similar to CFS a couple of days later. They were out of action for about a year, then the symptoms slowly subsided and they reported being normal again.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped a lot
After a year it slowly subsided and now I'm normal again.
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| a couple of years ago | took broad-spectrum antibiotics (ciprofloxacin); CFS-like symptoms began a couple of days latera couple of days later all hell broke loose and for a year I was out with symptoms very similar to CFSIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| after a year | symptoms began to slowly subsideAfter a year it slowly subsidedIn context ↗ | Mild |
| now | normal againnow I'm normal againIn context ↗ | Recovered |
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