ME/CFS
Moderate → no benefit
ME/CFS decline to at least moderate, on disability leave, no better after pushing through
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- years
- Last post
- Feb 2026
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
didn't know you could autistic burnout so hard you could fry your nervous system to the point you met the criteria for cfs
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
now i'm on disability leave from work and probably won't be able to go back
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
steady decline for years ... things started to get exponentially worse as i kept pushing myself to do everything and be everything
In context ↗ - Began after: stress or burnout
didn't know you could autistic burnout so hard you could fry your nervous system to the point you met the criteria for cfs
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Summary
Otter 58998 described a steady decline over years while pushing through hard physical work and long study hours, ignoring the body's signals. Depression followed, and continuing to push made things exponentially worse. They were on disability leave from work and expected not to return, and linked their state to autistic burnout, calling their function comparable to another patient's, at least moderate.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- bunch of drugs · No change
got diagnosed with depression, bunch of drugs, nothing helped much
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | gradual decline over years while pushing through work and studysteady decline for yearsIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | exponential worsening while continuing to pushthings started to get exponentially worse as i kept pushing myself to do everything and be everythingIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2026-02-03 | on disability leave from work, expects not to returnnow i'm on disability leave from work and probably won't be able to go back. my function level is basically like yours.In context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
if you do make yourself do the thing, you'll feel pain in every cell in your body for the next day
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my mental health finally truly went to shit...got diagnosed with depression
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