ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/08/20264) It has a pseudoscientific background, including making overstatements of curing ME/CFS and treating various other conditions, all in a mere 3-day period. The current NICE guidelines on ME/CFS recommends against it. 1130
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/08/20265) The Lightning Process encourages patients to see themselves as no longer ill ("Instead of saying I'm incredibly tired," you'd say 'l am doing fatigue.'"), which will bias the results. Participants basically get instructions to rate their symptoms differently. 1120
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 10/08/20266) Because the FALCON trial is non-blinded and only uses subjective outcomes its results will simply reflect this bias. So we won't have any useful data on its efficacy. Whether it works or not, in both scenarios, it will have reduced symptom scores. 1150
