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sprinkleeninow

(20,268 posts) Thu Apr 22, 2021, 11:56 PM Apr 2021

'A Brief But Spectacular' (take on advocating for people with chronic illnesses: ME, CFIDS) NewsHour

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-brief-but-spectacular-take-on-advocating-for-people-with-chronic-illnesses

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'A Brief But Spectacular' (take on advocating for people with chronic illnesses: ME, CFIDS) NewsHour (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 OP

I watched that segment ornotna Apr 2021 #1

It happened to me in the early 70's. sprinkleeninow Apr 2021 #2

ornotna

(10,807 posts)

1. I watched that segment

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:03 AM

Apr 2021

Interesting.

sprinkleeninow

(20,268 posts)

2. It happened to me in the early 70's.

Reply to ornotna (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:28 AM

Apr 2021

Had an upper/lower respiratory infection and many months later I still felt like utter crap.

They were calling it 'The Yuppie Disease'.

Ever since then, whenever I get an infection, viral or bacterial, the acute symptoms subside, but I'm left with extreme fatigue. All those office visit diagnoses printouts: 'Fatigue', 'Malaise'. Rinse and repeat. Great stress, post activity, etc. wipes you out
just as told on this piece.

Doc in the mid 80's said being thought to have CFIDS is 'academic'. Not so anymore.

One doc prescribed antidepressants and I refused to take them. They thought it was all in your head. So this segment on NewsHour exactly resonates.

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