Moderate to severe ME/CFS after EBV, now fully recovered; NAC and CoQ10 raised baseline
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
my ME/CFS remains mild and slowly improving
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I have been moderate/severe for a time during the 12 months I had ME/CFS
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I have made a full recovery.
In context ↗ - Began after: glandular fever or EBV
In late 2024, I experienced what I now know (confirmed by pathology and symptom specificity) were **EBV reactivation symptoms**
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A former athlete aged 21 developed ME/CFS after EBV reactivation symptoms in late 2024 and was moderate to severe for a time. They paced from February 2025, tracked symptoms and readiness in a spreadsheet, and credit NAC and CoQ10 with raising their baseline, though they say remission at 10-11 months may just have been timing. By December 2025, around twelve months in, they reported a full recovery.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- pacing · Helped
Since February this year, I've been pacing myself (not perfectly), which I believe is why my ME/CFS remains mild and slowly improving.
In context ↗ - vitality scoring spreadsheet · Helped
Using data I was able to start actually pacing and I never had those days where it was like, fuck why did I crash so hard.
In context ↗ - N-acetyl cysteine · Helped a lot
NAC basically obliterated my flu-like symptoms and increased my baseline dramatically. It really was a miracle drug for me
In context ↗ - coq10 · Helped
It really was a miracle drug for me, along with coq10.
In context ↗ - getting sunlight · Helped
I found that getting sunlight and being barefoot in nature, breathwork and supplementation ... worked amazingly for me
In context ↗ - gym protocol · Helped
I started sooo small, but with this spreadsheet was able to do magnitudes more each week.
In context ↗
Approaches: Mind-body practices · Pacing · Supplements
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. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| late 2024 | EBV reactivation onset while still training and studyingI pushed through because of my sporting commitmentsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | lowest point, moderate to severeI have been moderate/severe for a time during the 12 months I had ME/CFSIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| around 10-11 months in (2025) | paced out of bed, walks outside, one 3-hour shift a weekI had just paced my way out of bed and was able to take walks outside, work 1 shift a week for 3 hours etc.In context ↗ | Mild | Pacing and the energy envelope |
| 2025-12-27 | full recoveryI have made a full recovery.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I found that I’d often crash on accident.
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
NAC basically obliterated my flu-like symptoms
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
joint pain (for me it was shoulder/neck so I labelled it as such)
In context ↗ - Brain fog
mood markers i.e., positivity, alertness, brain fog, anxiousness
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
sleep score (times woken, adherence to routine, hours slept, time till sleep achieved)
In context ↗
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