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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch the full video (24 mins) David Tuller interview with George Monbiot: youtu.be/MaaeQ7crLz4?... George Monbiot’s recent article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
YouTube video by David M Tuller
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The UK’s annual contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine fell from $18m (£13.6m) in 2024 to $9.3m (£7m) last year and just $4m (£3m) this year, The i Paper has learned"
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Robert Saunders (aka McMullen) @roberthmcmullen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social Please will you invite George Monbiot onto @therestpolitics.bsky.social to discuss the ME/CFS scandal?
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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you so much, George! Your conclusion speaks volumes, reflecting so much that I hear from #pwME.
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Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to George for writing again about the plight of those with ME. However, I feel a mounting frustration that this does not go nearly far enough to express the seriousness of the situation. It's like one of those dreams where you are screaming at people and they are all ignoring you. 😱
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Intending to write another column about the treatment of #ME/CFS patients this week, pegged to new research findings on the biological basis. My question for sufferers: Are any of you still being offered inappropriate (psych/GET etc) "treatments"? Please email george at monbiot dot info. Thanks.
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice... Please share widely #ME/cfs #LongCovidME #HumanRights #NHSReform
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NHS care for ME now
Campaigning for ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) to be medically managed safely, to protect families from permanent disability or death from neglect of the illness.
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Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My illness is not part of my identity. Some late‑night, off‑the‑cuff rambling about the notion that some people make their illness part of their identity. This was partly in response to that Telegraph article. #pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing youtu.be/zFwaPS5c6RI?...
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My illness is not part of my identity
YouTube video by Anil about ME
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
10 years today, after a David vs Goliath FOI legal battle that damaged Alem Mathees, White et al were forced to release data from PACETrial (that cost UK taxpayers £5M) showing graded exercise therapy & CBT didn’t lead to an increased recovery rate for CFS. Please remind the world #MEcfs #PwME #CFS
 Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome-a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT
Carolyn E Wilshire  1 , Tom Kindlon  2 , Robert Courtney  3 , Alem Matthees  4 , David Tuller  5 , Keith Geraghty  6 , Bruce Levin  7
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    PMID: 29562932 PMCID: PMC5863477 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-018-0218-3 

Abstract

Background: The PACE trial was a well-powered randomised trial designed to examine the efficacy of graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports concluded that both treatments were moderately effective, each leading to recovery in over a fifth of patients. However, the reported analyses did not consistently follow the procedures set out in the published protocol, and it is unclear whether the conclusions are fully justified by the evidence.

Methods: Here, we present results based on the original protocol-specified procedures. Data from a recent Freedom of Information request enabled us to closely approximate these procedures. We also evaluate the conclusions from the trial as a whole.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“My daughter was told to exercise and ended up in a wheelchair... For GPs not to be aware of the harm that exercise can do is hugely damaging.” Janet Sylvester (MEAction Scotland), speaking about her daughter Emma, who has ME, while giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament. Sept 2026.
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 30/08/2026
1) 🇳🇱 In the Netherlands, ME/CFS patient and advocate Anil Van Der Zee was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. It's an recognition of his outstanding contribution to society, a very high honour.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Anil van der Zee (@anilvanderzee.bsky.social) has been awarded a Dutch knighthood. Refreshing to see someone fighting against bad ME/CFS research being honoured, rather than someone responsible for it. Very well deserved, and hopefully a sign that things are changing. nos.nl/artikel/2628...
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Fysiek uitgeschakeld maar belangrijke bron van kennis, lintje voor ME-patiënt Anil van der Zee
Anil van der Zee is benoemd tot Ridder in de orde van Oranje Nassau voor zijn aanhoudende inzet voor patiënten met slecht begrepen ziektes als ME en long covid.
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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Congrats to James Frith MP, newly appointed as the Minister for Health Innovation, with responsibility for ME. I’ve written to him on ME emphasising that given the numbers, and the length and extent of suffering, ME represents a significant burden at personal level, to society and to our economy.
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
petitions.senedd.wales/signatures/2... Please sign and share. You do not have to be resident in Wales to show your support. #pwME #LongCovidME
petitions.senedd.wales
Petition: Take urgent action so those with Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in Wales are no longer left without vital medical care
Service provision for people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) remains inconsistent across Wales. In particular, major concerns persist regarding access for those with the severe form of the conditi...
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧡 Keep an eye out between 5 and 6pm this evening! Some of our members and our Chair of Trustees will be featured on Channel 5 News. We're advised this is when the report is expected to air. If you can, please help us spread the word by liking, commenting on posts. 🙏 for your support.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Our discussion on why governments fiddle while the world burns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQat...
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Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
New pre-print claiming extraordinary benefit from low dose rapamycin (6mg/week) with improvements in #PEM recovery/lessened OI/lessened fatigue. Measured over 3 months. n=86. No controls. Reliable sampling (Bateman) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40502741/
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Low Dose Rapamycin Alleviates Clinical Symptoms of Fatigue and PEM in ME/CFS Patients via Improvement of Autophagy - PubMed
Low-dose rapamycin effectively reduced PEM and other key symptoms in patients with ME/CFS, as measured by BAS, SSS, MFI, and SF-36. Future studies should encompass dose optimization and develop a diag...
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Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Good blog post from Emma Gore-Lloyd of @thereforme.bsky.social Disease prevalence is important, but it's also very difficult to nail down. Designing effective health services requires accurate data. #MECFS #LongCovid #MEDeliveryPlan www.thereforme.uk/p/how-many-p...
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How many people in the UK are affected by ME?
We have a data problem
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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NICE Collages for ME-informed Healthcare
A creative project raising the voices of people with Severe ME, highlighting that the NHS has not implemented NICE Guidance of 2021 (NG206)
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Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨Update🚨 A couple of weeks ago, I repeated my FOIA request (with a few additions) to see if anything had improved. Let's just say that it hasn't. 😩 Watch this space for more information. @tessamunt.bsky.social @actionforme.bsky.social
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.frontiersin.org/research-top... #Research #ME #LongCovidME call for papers (from the excellent Bhupesh Prusty) @openmedf.bsky.social @meresearchuk.bsky.social @investinmeresearch.bsky.social please share widely
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Frontiers | Epigenetic Regulation in Persistent, Latent, Oncogenic, and Selected Post-Acute Viral Infections
Viruses have evolved sophisticated strategies to modulate host epigenetic machinery, enabling viral persistence, immune evasion, latency, reactivation, and, ...
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Dan Wyke @danwyke.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
"The primary objective of this case study is to emphasize the severity of progressively worsening symptoms associated with ME/CFS." www.cureus.com/articles/487...
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Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Leading to Assisted Suicide in a Patient in Her Late 30s: A Case Report
A patient in her late 30s developed severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) following an Epstein-Barr virus infection. No distinct autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorder co...
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Lizzy @hopefullizzy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Please could you support @tessamunt.bsky.social amendment Clause 47 of the Health Bill? This would make it possible to have vital clinical needs & adjustments on patient record. Things like this are vital. Eg “adjustments for severe noise or light sensitivity” “will arrive with stretcher transport”
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up. “No ring-fenced research funding. No care pathway for the very severe. Hospitalized patients still at risk of malnutrition.” Important article by @nickbenton.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2026/06/19/t...
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The U.K.’s plan for ME has failed us. Members of parliament must step up. - The Sick Times
No ring-fenced research funding. No care pathway for the very severe. Hospitalized patients still at risk of malnutrition. What has the delivery plan really changed for people with myalgic encephalomy...
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“I didn’t know how to be around her without making it worse” Mia’s sister speaks about the challenges of living with someone with severe #MECFS. Mia developed #MECFS after a Covid infection and had to move back in with her family.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Remembering the time I was almost lured into joining a cult by some lambs.
Some really creepy - but also cute - looking lambs and their sheep guru. That one at the bottom is going to be the big problem, I suspect.
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Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
English subtitles have been added to the care clinic for people with severe ME and very severe ME in Norway. youtube.com/watch?v=-KX1...
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Røysumtunet - Avdeling for ME english subtitle
YouTube video by Røysumtunet
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FunkisHen @funkishen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Read the testimonials, please. "It shouldn’t have to come to a legal challenge, but 30 years is too long to wait with no change and no hope. #pwME have been utterly failed by the medical establishment and we deserve better."
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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Please sign and share. NHS hospitals are the immediate risk to everyone with very severe #ME c.org/bPRhdjB6mg
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Sign the Petition
Save Caroline Roberts’ Life now: A very severe ME/CFS patient with high mortality risk.
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 04/06/2026
Members of ME/CFS Friendship Group were invited by members of the Patient Experience Team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to join them at an M.E. Awareness stand in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Thursday 14 May. Read more: meassociation.org.uk/bdb6 #MECFS #pwME
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ME Awareness Week: ME/CFS Friendship Group organise an information stand at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - The ME Association
Members of ME/CFS Friendship Group in Gloucestershire were invited by […]
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Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
1) This video shows a unique care unit in Norway called Røysumtunet for people with #severeME & very severe ME. It is one of the only places where the sickest patients can receive specialised care. We need this everywhere!! #pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing #severeME
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Full video (16 mins) youtu.be/DsOAq6cs564?... Video Journalist of the Year award npa.co.nz/nz-media-awa...
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ME/Chronic fatigue syndrome: The mysterious illness trapping people in their bodies
YouTube video by Re: News
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“If there's disturbance in the vascular system, disturbance in the immune system, disturbance in the cell energy function, that would explain why people [with #ME/CFS] have hundreds of symptoms," "Because every tissue and organ in the body is impacted by this illness." www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Extreme fatigue illness linked with changes to immune cells: study
Ella Engel saw many specialists before she was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Her blood may help researchers understand the condition.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Where’s the fury about rightwing antisemitism? The newspapers that call out leftwing antisemitism publish antisemitic cartoons and champion politicians with a record of antisemitic statements. So who is holding *them* to account? This week’s column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?
There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no sense, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Another powerful film by @anilvanderzee.bsky.social featuring interviews with men living with #MECFS. It’s important to see men speaking about the isolation, loss and stigma that many men struggle to talk about. I know I don’t talk about it enough. (23 mins) youtu.be/z_MCzOBPnPA?...
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Men about living with M.E. (with subtitles)
YouTube video by Anil about ME
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betsy ladyzhets 😷 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today @thesicktimes.org: Advocates in France interrupted a recent Long COVID conference, calling for biological research, not “psychologization.” @mileswgriffis.bsky.social interviewed the organizations behind this action. thesicktimes.org/2026/05/05/l...
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Long COVID advocates demand biological research at a conference in Paris - The Sick Times
We spoke with the two organizations behind the viral moment where advocates interrupted speakers at the Long COVID EU Project event.
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Researchers, review study finds Long COVID affects at least 400 million people with symptoms like fatigue and brain fog, likely driven by immune disruption, viral persistence, and vascular damage, yet no clear tests or treatments exist. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Current status and future perspectives on the mechanistic and pathophysiological understanding of long COVID - Communications Medicine
Faghy et al., review the current literature on Long COVID pathophysiology, linking immune dysregulation, viral persistence, and vascular injury to enduring symptoms. They highlight evidence to guide f...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Olympian Montell Douglas presenting BBC Lifeline for Action for ME “For years, I’ve had chronic pain due to a medical condition and know how difficult it can be to live with. And those with ME also have to deal with social stigma and a lack of support.” #MECFS
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 22/04/2026
💡 "We should be as cautious with exercise in long covid as we have come to be in ME/CFS...I don’t know how often we need to continue to put our finger on that light socket.” @sunsopeningband.bsky.social GREAT article - completely debunks those trying to push exercise 🙌
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Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good
Exercise has been touted as a tool for managing and treating long covid, but much of the evidence has neglected one of its most debilitating symptoms: post-exertional malaise
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 23/04/2026
1) Trigger warning: suicide This paper analyzed 505 entries on the National CFIDS Foundation memorial list. These were people with ME/CFS who passed away. The messages summarize their life, illness and struggles. The researchers grouped these into several recurring themes.
A paper analyzing memorial entries of ME/CFS patients
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 23/04/2026
9) The entries also illustrate the context by which patients died by suicide, often noting hopelessness (life is going on without them), extreme pain, social isolation, loss of independence, and dismissal by doctors. Some felt that ME/CFS had already taken their lives.
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David Tuller @davetuller1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
BBC highlights criticism of claims from neurologist that Long COVID is psychosomatic; and debate over "functional somatic disorder" in Frontiers in Medicine virology.ws/2026/04/21/t...
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Trial By Error: Pushback Against Psychologizing on BBC and in Medical Journal | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH *This is a crowdfunding month at UC Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, the link is here. ********** BBC Radio 4 highligh ...
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ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org · 11/04/2026
1) On 11 May, Katharine Cheston will discusses Action for ME's 2025 Big Survey, the scandal around the treatment of people with ME, and its wider implications in terms of affective injustice in healthcare. Event organised at Durham University.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dr William Weir on how the influence of Simon Wessely and his colleagues created an overriding tendency among doctors to insist that #MECFS is a psychological disorder. Clip from Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Collaboration for Change 2026
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Professor Chris Ponting on the 116 blood molecule differences his team found in people with #MECFS “This is not a psychological disease” people did not alter their blood molecules just to “spook the psychiatrists”. Clip from Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI 2026
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Lucibee @lucibee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A post from FB... #MyalgicE #LongCovid
Robert Groysman, MD, of the Covid Institute, TX posts on Facebook:

Long COVID did not discover post-viral illness. The ME/CFS community lived it for decades.
Before COVID made post-viral syndrome a household term, millions of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis were told their fatigue was psychological, their crashes were deconditioning, and their disability was exaggeration. They fought for research funding that never came. They educated doctors who did not believe them. They built patient networks because the medical system would not.
The diagnostic criteria that Long COVID clinicians now use to identify post-exertional malaise were developed by ME/CFS researchers. The pacing protocols that prevent crashes were pioneered by ME/CFS patients who learned through lived experience what the research had not yet confirmed. The understanding that graded exercise can cause harm in post-viral conditions came from ME/CFS advocacy that was dismissed for years before Long COVID made it undeniable.
When Long COVID patients describe the crash following a good day, the cognitive dysfunction that worsens with effort, the sleep that does not restore, the exercise intolerance that defies fitness explanations, they are describing what ME/CFS patients have been describing since the 1980s.
The Long COVID community did not start from zero. It started from a foundation that the ME/CFS community built at enormous personal cost, often while being told the foundation was imaginary.
That debt is real. It should be named.
Volume 3 of The Complete Long COVID Handbook covers post-exertional malaise, energy metabolism, and the clinical framework that ME/CFS research made possible.
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Dan Wyke @danwyke.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I've recently discovered that an effective way to increase the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA without resorting to Diazepam is to take, well, GABA. This stops my PEM in its tracks every time. Inexpensive and safer than benzos. Intending to experiment with a maintenance dose.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
With Suzanne O’Sullivan claiming a ‘large proportion’ of #LongCOVID is psychosomatic on the Amol Rajan podcast, I’m resharing this clip from 2021 of Dr Xand van Tulleken on BBC Morning Live “You can always find some doctor, some professor to give a quote to a paper saying it’s all psychosomatic…”
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ThereForME @thereforme.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ETA: We've now got a briefing up here - for people reaching out to MPs 👇 We're calling on DHSC to put in place robust interim measures to make sure that specialised support and, crucially, patient safety, don't need to wait until April 2027 and beyond. tr.ee/c6lx0MzBsx
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We're calling for an NHS that's there for ME and Long Covid.
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