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RemissionBiome MECFS/LongCovid Self-Experiment @remissionbiome I find a lot of useful and pertinent information posted by them. Often late at night. That is all.

https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/03/24/voracious-brains-inflammation-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-conference/

Isn't that what Walter White made? The pharmacist in that thread sounds a loud warning.

The post suggests Klonopin, but I don't know if that's just for the sleep issues.

Though I've been doing much better the last couple of years than the few preceding, there are still a great many frustrations in my limitations and remaining symptoms. I wouldn't necessarily say sleep is as much a problem for me as it has been for some others, but getting to sleep and especially waking up and getting out of bed are often disastrous. I could never figure out why my heart is always still pounding in bed, but this one little sentence makes a ton of sense and let's me realize that I'm not as far along as I thought I was. My sympathetic nervous system is still in over-drive! Which explains many other remaining symptoms as well. https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/03/18/unraveled-4-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia-long-covid-sleep/

This is an AMAZING thread I came across in my Twitter feed when someone retweeted this two year old post.

I now see they are marketing this product for dysautonomia as well. I don't believe there's a link attached, so I hope this is okay.

I've used neuroprotek before, but as mentioned above....may be too expensive to keep at the expected dosage and didn't change my world for the couple of months I used the product. I believe the Quercetin was the key ingredient in it. What is a NeuroQuant MRI? And more importantly, does insurance cover it?

Muscle weakness, shakiness, difficulty focusing. It varies. It's interesting that I don't really feel the brunt of it until I sit back down most times. One of the latest HealthRising blogs talks about how oxygen isn't getting to the muscles, which may explain some of this.

Somewhat like OP, the standing still for too long and the bending plus standing activities still get me, but I feel like I have a few hours (depending on tasks) of functionality per day. The problem is that I often feel like I can do far more than I actually can and then when I try, I wonder how I thought I could actually do any of it.

I get it. When I tell people I'm feeling better, they think that's it. It's over. I've beaten it. They don't understand that when I say I'm okay, I'm really saying I'm at my baseline today. Not that I'm a perfectly normal and perfectly fine feeling human being again. I often times still think I can do things that I can not. Or that end up having severe consequences. I also wonder when and if I'll be able to cut back/go off some medications and what will happen if I do. I don't know what to say about people who don't understand. I'm still having the same problems within my family and it's caused a strained relationship for more than half a decade now.

I've been given the go ahead to say the device is called a Pulsetto. The price appears reasonable, considering there doesn't appear to be any extra costs, aside from the gel, which does seem like it could be a deterrent. Who wants to have to clean that stuff off your neck every time you use it.

This is going to be a real short post because I'm not sure what I'm allowed to post and many of these type posts end up being edited or deleted, but I saw a vagus nerve stimulator advertised last night. I won't post the name, but it was selling for $229. It was advertised for anxiety and energy, not for autoimmune or autonomic problems though. It's not a tens device and appears to fit around the neck. Anyone have any experience with a device like this?

This is interesting. Can't believe I haven't seen this thread before. I've had a cyst show up on brain MRIs. Not sure if it's pineal or not. Would be really strange if there are a bunch of us with them.

Almost certainly lying, though I could have been tilting or leaning for the initial one. The MRI that cleared everything was lying down of course.