“Many doctors (and medical students) display uncertainty about whether or not CFS/ME is real…Patients with CFS/ME often experience suspicion by health professionals…The… — Charotte Blease Copy Share Image
“I am so fed up of having to explain to people that Danny is not just tired; if only that were the… — Sonya Chowdhury Copy Share Image
“Individuals are often stigmatized and told their illness isn’t real… People with [ME] CFS face an incredible burden just getting doctors to… — Barry E. Hurwitz Copy Share Image
“I’m really tired”, you come to understand, is meaningless, giving the impression all will be well with a good rest and that… — Frances Ryan Copy Share Image
“The label ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ was first proposed by Holmes et al. (1988) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This name… — Megan A. Arroll Copy Share Image
“I hope you are not saying that (ME)CFS patients are not as ill as HIV patients. I split my clinical time between… — Nancy G. Klimas Copy Share Image
“Though Graded Exercise helps some, the ME Association reports 74 per cent of ME patients are harmed by the therapy, with some… — Tanya Marlow Copy Share Image
“ME/CFS is not synonymous with depression or other psychiatric illnesses. The belief by some that they are the same has caused much… — Bruce M. Carruthers Copy Share Image
“It’s absolutely retrogressive to suggest [ME] CFS is in the heads of patients. I have seen patients commit suicide, or have been… — Peter Behan Copy Share Image
“Several years ago I was lecturing in British Columbia. Dr [Simon] Wessely was speaking and he gave a thoroughly enjoyable lecture on… — Byron Hyde Copy Share Image
“The most important limitation of [clinical] guidelines is that the recommendations may be wrong... Practices that are sub-optimal from the patient’s perspective… — Steven H. Woolf Copy Share Image
“With a strange logic, [Rod Liddle] asserts that because ME patients deny that they have a psychiatric disorder, this proves they have… — Tanya Marlow Copy Share Image
“Severe, persisting fatigue is a prominent symptom of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but individuals with this illness frequently report the occurrence… — Leonard A. Jason Copy Share Image
“Everything I thought I understood about disease research, drug development, and the delivery of clinical care has been turned on its head.… — Mary Dimmock Copy Share Image
“The pathophysiological consequences of ME/CFS are multi-systemic and may include: immune and neuroendocrine abnormalities; brain dysfunction and neurocognitive defects; cardiovascular and autonomic… — Anthony Komaroff Copy Share Image
“the disabling fatigue experienced by individuals with ME/CFS differs from that associated with other illnesses or everyday activity” — Leonard A. Jason Copy Share Image
“The diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) define two distinct clinical entities. Cognitive impairment and post-exertional “malaise”… — Frank Twisk Copy Share Image
“How do I deal with my own frustration and outrage at the injustice of what has happened to my son and all… — Mary Dimmock Copy Share Image
“The Medical Research Council’s PACE Trial of behavioural interventions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) attracted considerable opposition from the… — Malcolm hopper Copy Share Image
“individuals with ME/CFS experience different types of fatigue than what are reported in the general populations” — Leonard A. Jason Copy Share Image
“In summary, patients with CFS are not “deconditioned”. Neither their muscle strength nor their exercise capacity is different from that of other… — Garry C. Scroop Copy Share Image
“Imagine you’re diagnosed with epilepsy: what would you think if you weren’t referred to a specialist but taken to a psychiatrist to… — Tanya Marlow Copy Share Image
“This is an example of pacing when shopping. Break shopping into multiple steps: 1) rest at home before driving the car to… — Alison C. Bested Copy Share Image
“The people in whom CFS often takes a hold are those driven, workaholic, goal driven, perfectionist, 'never say die' characters. This is… — Sarah Myhill Copy Share Image
“Patients who develop ME/CFS often lose the natural antidepressant effect of exercise, feeling worse after exercise rather than better. Patients may have… — Bruce M. Carruthers Copy Share Image
