ME/CFS Recovery with The Gupta Program: Erica's Story
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving
- 2 months
- Published
- No date given
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
Erica has been on her own Journey with chronic fatigue syndrome or mecfs
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - At worst: Mild
I never allowed myself to not go to work
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Now: Near normal
I can be happy I can live a normal life
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Summary
Erica, a dietitian, got chronic fatigue syndrome in September 2021, two days after starting rifaximin (Xifaxan) for SIBO, and kept working. She credits the Gupta brain retraining program, started about a month after onset, with her first improvement and probably her biggest gain. She now lives a normal life with occasional bad days, heart-rate flares and exercise limits.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antacid · Not said
first we're going to try you on an antacidant like I've already tried that
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - xifaxin · Much worse
it actually was about two days into taking it September 16th that the fatigue onset
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Gupta program · Helped a lot
I got the program and that is ultimately what probably healed me the most
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - meditating · Helped
aside from meditating aside from all of that
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - therapist · No change
she didn't really she didn't help me
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Curable app · Helped
I needed that like that encouragement of like what I can be doing to pull myself back out quicker and quicker each time
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - betaine HCl · Helped
one of them is betaine HCl
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - digestive bitters spray · Helped
I used a spray it's like a little spray digestive bitter thing
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Approaches: CBT & mindset · Brain retraining · Mind-body practices · 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. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16th 2021 | Fatigue, muscle weakness and POTS-like symptoms began two days into rifaximin for SIBOit actually was about two days into taking it September 16th that the fatigue onsetWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| 2 wk | Flu-like exhaustion and breathlessness while still forcing herself to work; dismissed by a cardiologistthat was the worst day of my lifeWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| fall 2021 | Symptoms eased a few weeks into the Gupta program, though she still crashed easilyI really started to notice just a decrease in a lot of my symptomsWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust) |
| summer 2022 | Rollerblading up to six milesI got up to six miles rollerblading before I got covered this summerWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Near normal | Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust) |
| summer 2022 | Set back by COVIDthat kind of took me out againWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| September 2022 | Living a normal life; occasional bad days with fatigue and heart rate symptoms last about a dayit lasted a day like today I'm fineWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Near normal |
Adverse events
- Rifaximin / Xifaxan“it actually was about two days into taking it September 16th that the fatigue onset” Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions Herx / die-off reaction
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
I stand up and my heart rate's doing the thing
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Post-exertional malaise
that's a guaranteed like you're probably gonna crash
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Muscle weakness
my muscles felt so weak almost as if I had done you know 30 Jump squats
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Gut problems
I don't feel like I'm on the other side of sibo
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Anxiety & low mood
I'm probably always going to be an anxious person
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Pain & fibromyalgia
a lot of chronic neck and back pain
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Breathlessness
I was just so out of breath from like standing
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