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title: "71 Myalgic-encephalomyelitis Quotes by 36 authors"
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> [“M.E. isn't just 'exercise phobia': it is a physical illness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-marlow/m-e-isn-t-just-exercise-phobia-it-is-a-physical-illness/)

[Tanya Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-marlow/)

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> [ “It \[ME\] is one of the most disabling diseases that I care for, far exceeding HIV disease except for the terminal stages.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-l-peterson/it-me-is-one-of-the-most-disabling-diseases-that-i-care-for-far/)

Daniel L. Peterson

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> [“individuals with ME/CFS experience different types of fatigue than what are reported in the general populations”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-a-jason/individuals-with-me-cfs-experience-different-types-of-fatigue-than/)

[Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-a-jason/)

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> [“I wake up every morning, thinking that this can't really be happening. What parallel universe have I entered?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-dimmock/i-wake-up-every-morning-thinking-that-this-can-t-really-be-happening/)

[Mary Dimmock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-dimmock/)

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> [“The whole idea that you can take a disease like this and exercise your way to health is foolishness. It is insane.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cheney/the-whole-idea-that-you-can-take-a-disease-like-this-and-exercise/)

Paul Cheney

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> [ “Individuals are often stigmatized and told their illness isn’t real… People with \[ME\] CFS face an incredible burden just getting doctors to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-e-hurwitz/individuals-are-often-stigmatized-and-told-their-illness-isn-t-real/)

Barry E. Hurwitz

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> [“How do I deal with my own frustration and outrage at the injustice of what has happened to my son and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-dimmock/how-do-i-deal-with-my-own-frustration-and-outrage-at-the-injustice-of/)

[Mary Dimmock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-dimmock/)

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> [“Luckily, we are seeing less and less post-exertional malaise, the symptom that stops Danny’s body and brain recovering properly after expending any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-chowdhury/luckily-we-are-seeing-less-and-less-post-exertional-malaise-the/)

Sonya Chowdhury

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> [“M.E. affects children, families and adults in so many different ways and you cannot make assumptions or judgements based just on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-chowdhury/m-e-affects-children-families-and-adults-in-so-many-different-ways/)

Sonya Chowdhury

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> [“No matter how hopeless you feel, strive to find the one thing that makes you feel alive and pull yourself to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-louise-wilkins/no-matter-how-hopeless-you-feel-strive-to-find-the-one-thing-that/)

[Tammy-Louise Wilkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-louise-wilkins/)

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> [“people with ME/CFS do not have “fatigue as their main symptom”; they have post-extertional fatigability accompanied by malaise as their main symptom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-williams/people-with-me-cfs-do-not-have-fatigue-as-their-main-symptom-they/)

Margaret Williams

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> [“For 13 years now I have suffered. I have lost my job that I loved, my financial independence, my social life, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracey-browett/for-13-years-now-i-have-suffered-i-have-lost-my-job-that-i-loved-my/)

Tracey Browett

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> [ “It’s absolutely retrogressive to suggest \[ME\] CFS is in the heads of patients. I have seen patients commit suicide, or have been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-behan/it-s-absolutely-retrogressive-to-suggest-me-cfs-is-in-the-heads-of/)

Peter Behan

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> [“The people in whom CFS often takes a hold are those driven, workaholic, goal driven, perfectionist, 'never say die' characters. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-myhill/the-people-in-whom-cfs-often-takes-a-hold-are-those-driven-workaholic/)

Sarah Myhill

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> [“Over the years, I have cared for loved ones with advanced Alzheimer, late stage cardiovascular and renal disease and Stage 4 cancer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-dimmock/over-the-years-i-have-cared-for-loved-ones-with-advanced-alzheimer/)

[Mary Dimmock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-dimmock/)

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> [“The renaming of ME to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 1988, giving misplaced emphasis to “fatigue”, trivializes the substantial disability of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-hopper/the-renaming-of-me-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs-in-1988-giving/)

Malcolm hopper

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> [“Though Graded Exercise helps some, the ME Association reports 74 per cent of ME patients are harmed by the therapy, with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-marlow/though-graded-exercise-helps-some-the-me-association-reports-74-per/)

[Tanya Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-marlow/)

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> [“In summary, patients with CFS are not “deconditioned”. Neither their muscle strength nor their exercise capacity is different from that of other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-c-scroop/in-summary-patients-with-cfs-are-not-deconditioned-neither-their/)

Garry C. Scroop

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> [“The neurological/cognitive symptoms are more characteristically variable than constant and often have a distinct fatiguing component to them. Especially common are cognitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-m-carruthers/the-neurological-cognitive-symptoms-are-more-characteristically/)

Bruce M. Carruthers

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> [“Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling condition characterized by severe unexplained fatigue and a mixed profile of symptoms such as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-a-jason/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-is-a/)

[Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-a-jason/)

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> [“The diagnostic criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) define two distinct clinical entities. Cognitive impairment and post-exertional “malaise”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-twisk/the-diagnostic-criteria-for-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-and-chronic/)

Frank Twisk

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> [ “Historically in the literature CBT \[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\] was inappropriately touted as a cure for patients with ME/CFS if they changed their… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-c-bested/historically-in-the-literature-cbt-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-was/)

[Alison C. Bested](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-c-bested/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charotte-blease/many-doctors-and-medical-students-display-uncertainty-about-whether/)

Charotte Blease

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> [“The label ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ was first proposed by Holmes et al. (1988) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-a-arroll/the-label-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-was-first-proposed-by-holmes-et-al/)

Megan A. Arroll

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> [“ME/CFS is not synonymous with depression or other psychiatric illnesses. The belief by some that they are the same has caused much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-m-carruthers/me-cfs-is-not-synonymous-with-depression-or-other-psychiatric/)

Bruce M. Carruthers

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> [“The term “myalgic encephalomyelitis” (muscle pain, “myalgic”, with “encephalomyelitis” inflammation of the brain and spinal cord) was first included by the World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-hooper/the-term-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-muscle-pain-myalgic-with/)

Malcolm Hooper

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> [ “With a strange logic, \[Rod Liddle\] asserts that because ME patients deny that they have a psychiatric disorder, this proves they have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-marlow/with-a-strange-logic-rod-liddle-asserts-that-because-me-patients-deny/)

[Tanya Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-marlow/)

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> [“There is rightful objection to the denial of appropriate investigations and to the nationwide implementation of behavioural modification as the sole management…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-hopper/there-is-rightful-objection-to-the-denial-of-appropriate/)

Malcolm hopper

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> [“ME has been classified as a neurological condition at least since 1968 (this should have been 1969)…however, for all these years, sufferers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/countess-of-mar/me-has-been-classified-as-a-neurological-condition-at-least-since/)

Countess of Mar

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> [“In general, fatigue is not as severe in depression as in ME/CFS. Joint and muscle pains, recurrent sore throats, tender lymph nodes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-m-carruthers/in-general-fatigue-is-not-as-severe-in-depression-as-in-me-cfs-joint/)

Bruce M. Carruthers

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> [ “Several years ago I was lecturing in British Columbia. Dr \[Simon\] Wessely was speaking and he gave a thoroughly enjoyable lecture on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/byron-hyde/several-years-ago-i-was-lecturing-in-british-columbia-dr-simon/)

Byron Hyde

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> [“the disabling fatigue experienced by individuals with ME/CFS differs from that associated with other illnesses or everyday activity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-a-jason/the-disabling-fatigue-experienced-by-individuals-with-me-cfs-differs/)

[Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-a-jason/)

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> [“I’m really tired”, you come to understand, is meaningless, giving the impression all will be well with a good rest and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-ryan/i-m-really-tired-you-come-to-understand-is-meaningless-giving-the/)

Frances Ryan

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> [“I have no problem with not understanding the exact mechanism of the symptoms of CFS…I do have a problem with the lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-s-bell/i-have-no-problem-with-not-understanding-the-exact-mechanism-of-the/)

David S. Bell

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> [“Finally, individuals with severe pathological fatigue might experience states that are very different from what a healthy individual experiences when fatigued.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-a-jason/finally-individuals-with-severe-pathological-fatigue-might-experience/)

[Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-a-jason/)

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> [“I hope you are not saying that (ME)CFS patients are not as ill as HIV patients. I split my clinical time between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-g-klimas/i-hope-you-are-not-saying-that-me-cfs-patients-are-not-as-ill-as-hiv/)

Nancy G. Klimas

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> [ “The finding that ME and CFS group had more functional limitations and more serious symptoms than those with MS \[multiple sclerosis\] provides… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-a-jason/the-finding-that-me-and-cfs-group-had-more-functional-limitations-and/)

[Leonard A. Jason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-a-jason/)

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> [“CBT is a much publicised and debated psychotherapeutic intervention for ME/CFS….The premise that cognitive therapy (eg. changing ‘illness beliefs’) and graded activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-komaroff/cbt-is-a-much-publicised-and-debated-psychotherapeutic-intervention/)

Anthony Komaroff

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> [“There are many reports that suggest a biomedical basis for post-exertional malaise. This is inconsistent with the assumption that there is pathological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-helmfrid/there-are-many-reports-that-suggest-a-biomedical-basis-for-post/)

Sten Helmfrid

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> [“we see cardiac diastolic dysfunction in almost every case... there are patients whose diastolic dysfunction is so low/poor that they would fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-cheney/we-see-cardiac-diastolic-dysfunction-in-almost-every-case-there-are/)

Paul Cheney

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                        "text": "“Historically in the literature CBT [Cognitive Behavioral Therapy] was inappropriately touted as a cure for patients with ME/CFS if they changed their “belief system”. ME/CFS is a physical illness and not a psychological illness, therefore CBT cannot cure ME/ CFS. What CBT can do is to help patients cope with being chronically ill and manage their emotional reactions better so that they do not waste valuable energy on worrying or feeling guilty about things that they cannot control. We like to think of CBT as “emotional energy conservation”.”",
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                        "text": "“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 (often unintentional) marginalization of many CFS/ME patients represents a failure in medical professionalism, one that may lead to further ethical and practical consequences both for progressive research into CFS/ME and for ethical care... With one exception, doctors attending the seminar were either defensive or silent. In their eyes, the ME patients present were conforming to stereotype (angry, unscientific, unreasonable) and therefore they – the doctors – would not engage with them. Paradoxically, these doctors were themselves conforming to another stereotype, as described by the speaker: ‘Knowledge-formation is also influenced by social and cultural factors. Such encounters have an inherent power differential; there is significant potential…to be unjust from an epistemic point of view.”",
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                        "text": "“The label ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ was first proposed by Holmes et al. (1988) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This name was recommended to replace that of a number of terms that implied a causal pathology (e.g. ‘Myalgic Encephalomyelitis’, ‘Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome’ and ‘chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome’), as there was a lack of correlation between biological markers and symptomatology. Hence, this new label reflected the prime clinical characteristic of the condition without alluding to an underlying physical aetiology and, in turn, the definition was based upon signs and symptoms of the patient group. However, many individuals use the term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (indicating muscle pain and inflammation of the brain), a fact that is reflected by the titles of the two largest charitable organisations in the UK, the ME Association and Action for ME.”",
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                        "text": "“ME/CFS is not synonymous with depression or other psychiatric illnesses. The belief by some that they are the same has caused much con- fusion in the past, and inappropriate treatment. Nonpsychotic depression (major depression and dysthymia), anxiety disorders and somatization disorders are not diagnostically exclusionary, but may cause significant symptom overlap. Careful attention to the timing and correlation of symptoms, and a search for those characteristics of the symptoms that help to differentiate between diagnoses may be informative, e.g., exercise will tend to ameliorate depression whereas excessive exercise tends to have an adverse effect on ME/CFS patients.”",
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                        "text": "“The term “myalgic encephalomyelitis” (muscle pain, “myalgic”, with “encephalomyelitis” inflammation of the brain and spinal cord) was first included by the World Health Organization (WHO) in their International Classification of Diseases in 1969. It is ironic that Donald Acheson, who subsequently became the Chief Medical Officer first coined the name in 1956.8 In 1978 the Royal Society of Medicine accepted ME as a nosological organic entity.9 The current version of the International Classification of Diseases—ICD‐10, lists myalgic encephalomyelitis under G.93.3—neurological conditions. It cannot be emphasised too strongly that this recognition emerged from meticulous clinical observation and examination.”",
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                        "text": "“With a strange logic, [Rod Liddle] asserts that because ME patients deny that they have a psychiatric disorder, this proves they have a psychiatric disorder. Meanwhile, people are quietly dying of ME. ME sufferer Emily Collingridge died, aged 30; Victoria Webster died at just 18. People don’t die from ‘exercise phobia’. ME is not ‘lethargy’ and ‘aches and pains’, as Liddle claims. Severe ME is lying in a darkened room, alone, in agonising pain, tube-fed, catheterised, too weak to move or speak.”",
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                        "text": "“There is rightful objection to the denial of appropriate investigations and to the nationwide implementation of behavioural modification as the sole management strategy for the nosological disorder ME/CFS. That strategy is believed to be based on (i) the commercial interests of the medical and permanent health insurance industry for which many members of the Wessely School work and (ii) the dissemination of misinformation about ME/CFS by the Wessely School, whose members also act as advisors to UK Government agencies including the DWP, which it is understood has specifically targeted “CFS/ME” as a disorder for which certain State benefits should not be available.”",
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                        "text": "“ME has been classified as a neurological condition at least since 1968 (this should have been 1969)…however, for all these years, sufferers from this awful debilitating illness have been ignored, derided and mistreated…. Many thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers from researchers around the world demonstrate that ME is a physical disease which has endocrine, immune and cardiovascular effects, as well as neurological symptoms…. It is distinct from chronic fatigue which is a symptom of many diseases….”",
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                        "text": "“In general, fatigue is not as severe in depression as in ME/CFS. Joint and muscle pains, recurrent sore throats, tender lymph nodes, various cardiopulmonary symptoms (55), pressure headaches, prolonged post-exertional fatigue, chronic orthostatic intolerance, tachycardia, irritable bowel syndrome, bladder dysfunction, sinus and upper respiratory infections, new sensitivities to food, medications and chemicals, and atopy, new premenstrual syndrome, and sudden onset are commonly seen in ME/CFS, but not in depression. ME/CFS patients have a different immunological profile (56), and are more likely to have a down- regulation of the pituitary/adrenal axis (57). Anhedonia and self- reproach symptoms are not commonly seen in ME/CFS unless a concomitant depression is also present (58). The poor concentra- tion found in depression is not associated with a cluster of other cognitive impairments, as is common in ME/CFS. EEG brain mapping (59,60) and levels of low molecular weight RNase L (21,26) clearly distinguish ME/CFS from depression.”",
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                        "text": "“Several years ago I was lecturing in British Columbia. Dr [Simon] Wessely was speaking and he gave a thoroughly enjoyable lecture on M.E. and CFS. He had the hundreds of staff physicians laughing themselves silly over the invented griefs of the M.E. and CFS patients who according to Dr Wessely had no physical illness what so ever but a lot of misguided imagination. I was appalled at his sheer effectiveness, the amazing control he had over the minds of the staid physicians….His message was very clear and very simple. If I can paraphrase him: “M.E. and CFS are non-existent illnesses with no pathology what-so-ever. There is no reason why they all cannot return to work tomorrow. The next morning I left by car with my crew and arrived in Kelowna British Columbia that afternoon. We were staying at a patient’s house who had severe M.E. with dysautanomia and was for all purposes bed ridden or house bound most of the day. That morning she had received a phone call from her insurance company in Toronto. (Toronto is approximately 2742 miles from Vancouver). The insurance call was as follows and again I paraphrase: “Physicians at a University of British Columbia University have demonstrated that there is no pathological or physiological basis for M.E. or CFS. Your disability benefits have been stopped as of this month. You will have to pay back the funds we have sent you previously. We will contact you shortly with the exact amount you owe us”. That night I spoke to several patients or their spouses came up to me and told me they had received the same message. They were in understandable fear. What is important about this story is that at that meeting it was only Dr Wessely who was speaking out against M.E. and CFS and how … were the insurance companies in Toronto and elsewhere able to obtain this information and get back to the patients within a 24 hour period if Simon Wessely was not working for the insurance industry… I understand that it was also the insurance industry who paid for Dr Wessely’s trip to Vancouver.”",
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