ME/CFS
Moderate → much better
CFS with sensitive eyes and brain fog, much better after nasal cleansing and a colonoscopy
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I still have cfs, and noticeably, but on a whole different level.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I can get up in the morning again, do more than one thing in a 3 hours window, and have more physical energy ... Not exhausted after a phone call. Able to calculate again. Overall no longer in survival mode.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I still have cfs, and noticeably, but on a whole different level.
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with CFS whose eyes had become more sensitive and whose brain could no longer tolerate slightly off lenses. In 2023 they tried mechanical cleansing of their nasal and throat passages and reported feeling very good afterwards. In December 2025, ten days after starting a medication and a week after a colonoscopy, they had felt like their old self again since immediately after the colonoscopy, with brain fog gone and restful sleep. They still had CFS, noticeably, and could not tell whether the drug or the colonoscopy was responsible.
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What they tried
Also tried
progressive lenses· Helpedsutra neti / mechanical cleansing with cotton· Helpedcolonoscopy· Not saidagomelatine· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- progressive lenses · Helped
It took me around 3 weeks to get used to them
In context ↗ - sutra neti / mechanical cleansing with cotton · Helped
already with what I would call success and good result
In context ↗ - colonoscopy · Not said
Since immediately after the colonoscopy I feel like my old self again.
In context ↗ - agomelatine · Not said
I can't tell if it's from the ago, or because the bad colon fauna is gone.
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Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-22 | Living with CFS; eyes more sensitive, brain less tolerant of off lensesMy vision hasn't worsened from cfs but my eyes are more sensitive and my brain can't tolerate slightly off lenses any more, unlike before.In context ↗ | |
| 2025-12-04 | Felt like old self again after agomelatine and a colonoscopySince immediately after the colonoscopy I feel like my old self again. It's such a huge difference.In context ↗ | Agomelatine (Valdoxan) |
| 2025-12-04 | Still has CFS but on a different levelI still have cfs, and noticeably, but on a whole different level.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
Brain fog gone, memory issues gone.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
Sleep is restful.
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