How it went
Did it last?
- 2 of 16 said the benefit wore off.
- 1 of 16 needed to keep doing it 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 | 3 | 19% |
| Near-full | 5 | 31% |
| Substantial | 2 | 12% |
| Partial | 4 | 25% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 2 | 12% |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 1 | 100% | |
| Severe | 9 | 56% | |
| Very severe | 2 | 100% |
4 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.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Hyperthermia and sauna, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 184 | 21.7 |
| 2010 | 10 | 682 | 14.7 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,491 | 8.0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1,708 | 3.5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2,352 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | 23 | 2,158 | 10.7 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1,431 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 11 | 3,110 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2,201 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1,075 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1,867 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1,166 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1,000 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,237 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1,019 | 5.9 |
| 2026 (so far) | 1 | 840 | 1.2 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 16 accounts
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William Groves' Recovery Story
Followed the Gupta Program (joined 2023), read Dan Neuffer's book "CFS Unravelled" and Joseph Murphy's "The Power of the Unconscious Mind," got nutrition counseling through the Optimum Health Clinic, and combined this with pacing, meditation, self-hypnosis,…
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Melody's ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID Recovery Story
Melody was infected early in the pandemic, hospitalised with double pneumonia, then bedbound for six months and homebound on supplemental oxygen for two and a half years despite thirteen prescription drugs and multiple specialists. She credits a combination…
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Full Recovery of 27 Severe Mycotoxicosis Patients (O2 / FIR / Sups / Antifungal / AIET) + POLL
On a Shoemaker-based CIRS protocol built around cholestyramine (the only conventional medicine she tolerated), plus FIR sauna and liposomal glutathione, and after relocating to a house with an ERMI in the lowest 25th percentile, she reports now passing the…
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Anyone else here have MCS too?
Manages MCS mainly through avoidance, specifics not detailed, after MCS developed about 10 years into his ME/CFS during a period of heavy exercise and became horribly bad for a couple of years, impacting just about everything. Mentions Dr. Cheney treating…
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Need to delete this. [Deleted]
Tried juicing as a self-directed detox approach for ME/CFS complicated by an MTHFR C1298C mutation. Had been ill for multiple decades and said she was going downhill faster than ever before at the time of posting. Reports the juicing was ineffective, with no…
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In remission following Ayurvedic treatment
Traveled to Kerala, India for 18 days of Ayurvedic treatment, including detox procedures, nasyam and shirodhara, after 6 years of CFS/ME with symptoms ranging from very severe to mild on the Canadian criteria scale, having already tried the Marshall…
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Julie Rehmeyer's Mold Avoidance Recovery Story
Tried a combined sauna-and-exercise bike protocol of the kind some environmental-illness patients use, after developing severe MCS about 15 years into his ME/CFS. Says he could not tolerate the combined bike/sauna protocol at all. Notably, the severe MCS he…
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Julie Rehmeyer's Mold Avoidance Recovery Story
Science journalist Julie Rehmeyer developed ME/CFS gradually from around 2006 and became mostly bedbound. A ten-day trip to Death Valley without her belongings led her to suspect mold sensitivity, and she recovered substantially through rigorous mold…
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BEEN OFF THE COUCH FOR 4 SOLID MONTHS! YEE HAW!!!
Previously sleeping 16-20 hours a day, largely confined to the couch and finding it "a challenge to walk down to my mailbox," began using an infrared sauna every other day (about 30 minutes, inducing a ~103F fake fever) alongside "Aging Backwards" exercise…
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Combination of 3 key treatments has me feeling significantly better
Combined the supplement Equilibrant, far-infrared sauna every other day for 30 minutes, and thymic protein three times daily, for just over two months. He reports a short-term energy and wellbeing bump plus better sleep within two hours of each sauna…
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Stages of Recovery - personal experience
Followed Dr Myhill's standard protocol (B3, B12, magnesium, CoQ10, 15g/day L-glutamine, 10g/day BCAAs, 1g/day malic acid) starting Nov/Dec 2007, combined with an elimination diet of mainly white rice and chicken, FIR sauna detox, and Buteyko breathing. Went…
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My complete protocol - recovering well from bad 7 years+ CFS
Ran a broad two-year self-built protocol - high-dose B vitamins, vitamin D3, D-ribose, CoQ10, acetyl-L-carnitine, a sublingual/nasal B12-folate methylation stack, amino acids, Buteyko breathing, infrared sauna and transdermal magnesium - layered onto months…
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Heat vs. Fatigue: Hyperthermia as a Possible Treatment Option for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), 2025, Hochecker
Far-infrared sauna sessions, used some years before this post, with no stated dose or length of the course. She had ME/CFS for an unstated length of time and severity was not given, though she says she could not attempt the same sessions today. She reported…
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Sauna Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) & Fibromyalgia
Finnish sauna sessions, 3 to 4 times per week for about 20 minutes each. The author, a nutritionist who has had ME/CFS and fibromyalgia herself, gives no timeframe for how long she was ill before starting this routine or how severe it was. She reports the…
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20-Year Battle with CFS: A Journey to Recovery through Mindset and Belief Work
She credits the Medical Medium diet-based protocol, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping with affirmations for over an hour daily (later training as an EFT practitioner herself), functional medicine diagnosis, mindset and belief work, self-compassion…
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There Is No Cure for Fibromyalgia? Interview on Recovery from MCS/CFS/FMS
Evelyn's recovery involved meditation, vitamins, saunas, daily walks, and weekly massage with exfoliation for "toxin" removal, plus diet changes, though the page does not give specific supplement names, doses, or sauna type. She had suffered for years with…