How it went
Did it last?
- 5 of 25 said the benefit wore off.
- 4 of 25 needed to keep up a treatment to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 12 | 48% |
| Near-full | 4 | 16% |
| Substantial | 5 | 20% |
| Partial | 3 | 12% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 1 | 4% |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe | 11 | 82% | |
| Very severe | 10 | 70% |
3 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
What people with light & noise sensitivity tried
- TreatmentHow it wentRecoveredFaded
- Lightning Process9 accounts
89% 0%
- Meditation, yoga, breathwork6 accounts
100% 17%
- Pacing and the energy envelope4 accounts
100% 25%
- Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE)4 accounts
100% 0%
- Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust)3 accounts
100% 33%
Within the accounts on this page. Grey numbers rest on fewer than 10 accounts.
All 25 accounts
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Jonathan Groves' Story
Jonathan practiced Ekadashi Upavasa fasting (fasting on the 11th lunar day) combined with autophagy principles, an elimination diet cutting out all processed food, caffeine, sugar and alcohol, the Silva Method, meditation, breathwork, affirmations and…
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My experiences with apoptosis treatment for HHV-6b, EBV subgroup ME/CFS
Built a long-running self-treatment stack over 15 years - artemisinin, galangal and magnolia bark to unblock apoptosis, a sublingual terpene mix (pinene, beta-caryophyllene, limonene) dosed 20-60 drops, curcumin, and doxycycline for the bacterial component -…
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Leon Williams
Leon Williams recovered using a mind-body/neuroplasticity approach rooted in Dr. John Sarno's Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) framework, practicing somatic tracking meditation, expressive writing, breathwork and general meditation, with gardening as a…
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After 37 Years Flo Finds Her Answer
Flo lived with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and migraines for 37 years, mostly homebound with severe brain fog, vertigo and light and sound sensitivity. She worked through decades of bodywork, energy and conventional therapies with limited success. EFT tapping and…
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Amy Engkjer
She combined a concussion protocol (limiting phone use and conversation), neurofeedback, a five-hour NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) session, EMDR, physical therapy, shiatsu, daily cold showers, an anti-inflammatory diet, meditation, and journaling,…
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Minja
After discovering recovery narratives on the Recovery Norway website, she used a self-directed regimen of breathing exercises with longer exhales than inhales, mindfulness (watching calming videos, counting colors in the room), progressive relaxation via…
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My brain maintained my condition by pondering questions such as: 'How am I doing today, which symptoms are the hardest, and consequently; what will I be doing today?'
Minja's recovery centred on gradual "baby steps" increases in activity combined with mindfulness, breathing exercises and progressive relaxation (drawing on teacher Rick Hanson), Brené Brown's podcast "Unlocking Us," and therapy she had previously used for…
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ME/CFS in remission from Mold Avoidance
Despite comorbid craniocervical instability, mold avoidance "still helped" and affected symptoms like sound sensitivity and POTS, which he calls "the most impressive [treatment] I've done YET." He says he never achieved full remission from mold avoidance…
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Eight years of sickness is history. My son once again has a mother, my husband has a wife, and I've got a life!
Lotte attended a three-day Lightning Process course with practitioner Live Landmark, learning "basic neurology and about the functioning of the brain" and using the method several times a day, after eight years of ME/CFS requiring 12-18 hours of rest daily…
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Abilify Shows Promise in ME/CFS Study (Ann McDonald)
Ann McDonald has taken low-dose Abilify (aripiprazole) at 0.5 mg daily since July 2020. She had moderate ME/CFS for four years before starting it and says the drug improved her health dramatically, markedly reducing her sensitivity to sound and light, with…
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I was a mother with ME and two children sick with ME – There is hope!
Anette completed a three-day Lightning Process course in November 2017 after 13 years of ME/CFS during which she was bedbound 15-20 hours a day with severe pain, cognitive impairment and sound/light sensitivity. Her son (ill 7 years) and daughter Viktoria…
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From having to sit in a wheelchair, I can now be active again and go training
Recovered through a three-day Lightning Process course in Oslo in May 2019, run by Live Landmark, after an earlier hospital rehabilitation programme had not resolved her illness. Ill for about two years and three months from February 2017, she deteriorated…
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A Nurse With ME/CFS Finds Help in a Surprising Place: Christine's DNRS Recovery Story
Christine Reesor, a registered nurse, was severely ill for about fifteen years, the last four the most severe, becoming wheelchair-bound and hypersensitive to light and sound. A fecal transplant, acupuncture and diet changes gave only partial help. She…
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When school started after the summer holiday, it was as if he'd never been ill
A mother describes her ten-year-old son's recovery through a Lightning Process course, recommended by a doctor who had himself once been an LP instructor, after about eight months of illness beginning with a cold in January 2018. He slept up to 17 hours a…
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Much of what made me ill, was probably the expectation that I would get ill
Eilen Sor-Reime attended a Lightning Process course in Oslo in summer 2017, followed in March 2018 by Dr Bjarte Stubhaug's stress-management clinic in Fitjar, after a Fitline/cell-reset detox treatment earlier that summer; she was formally diagnosed with ME…
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I was once one of the most severely ill people in Norway: How I recovered from ME
Recovered using the Lightning Process, taught at home over three days by a female LP instructor after Høvern had read English media reports of LP recoveries and the method reached Norway around 2008. She had been ill since a musical overexertion in 1998,…
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If I had let my symptoms stop me, I would never have been able to continue
Lise used a self-directed graded walking program, starting at 100 metres on New Year's Day and building to a full 1.3km block after six months, alongside positive self-talk, gradual sensory exposure to light and sound, and progressively harder reading…
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I had to move in with my mother to get care, but now I define myself as recovered
Anne Mari did a three-day Lightning Process course in September 2018, which she says gave her "more stable energy and an inner confidence of recovery." She had been ill for about a year after contracting Q-fever in November 2017, diagnosed in April 2018 with…
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What is ME? A spiral down into unwellness
Took a Lightning Process course in late 2005, recommended by a functional medicine doctor, after earlier trying acupuncture and Thought Field Therapy/tapping with practitioner Mats Uldal. She had developed ME after a traumatic accident and surgery in 2001,…
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From ME to MMA
Recovered after a stay at the AiR Rauland rehabilitation centre, which taught mindfulness, energy-pacing (sorting activities into "green" and "yellow" rest zones) and structured daily routines, following a second severe relapse; before that she had seen a…
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Choose the order: Oximatrine, Olmesartan, Famciclovir, Inosine Pranobex and Cycloferon.
Olmesartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker taken as part of a Marshall Protocol approach; he does not give his own exact dose, though he notes a severe ME/CFS patient he knew benefited on as little as 20mg daily within a few months. He reports the drug…
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After 26 Years of Hell, the Pridgen Protocol Does it for X
The patient, identified only as "X", used the Pridgen Protocol under Dr. Pridgen — Famvir (an antiviral) combined with Celebrex (an anti-inflammatory) — though the page gives no specific doses or treatment duration. He had been ill for 26 years, dropping…
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My recovery after my one and only crash.
Combined a strict elimination diet (no gluten, dairy, processed food or fructose) with Lyrica at 225mg per day, low-dose naltrexone, ketotifen, antihistamines, B12 with methylfolate, rifaximin plus neomycin for SIBO, hyperbaric oxygen, and later tDCS.…
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I had Rituxan and I feel amazing
Ill 33 years with feeding-tube dependence, orthostatic blood pressure of 58/42, bedbound autonomic dysfunction and photophobia, she received 4 weekly Rituximab infusions (375mg/m2) with methotrexate and steroid premedication at Stanford, finishing mid-March…
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Gcmaf-reactions and side effects
Started GcMAF at 1/4 dose IV, then switched to subcutaneous; developed intense lower-back burning/pain about 5-6 days after the first injection, plus sore throat and new light sensitivity. Stopped after 7 injections when insomnia developed, and slept…