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The original was posted on /r/cfs by /u/Avzgoals on 2025-01-24 18:25:27+00:00.
This might be an incredibly stupid question so please don’t come at me if it is, but I’m genuinely wondering… Considering resting/pacing is our only “treatment” across the board, and it seems that the #1 way to improve is to avoid PEM so your baseline increases over time, would getting a medically induced coma help you improve? Obviously there’s a ton of factors that go into this, but theoretically, if your body is put to rest for a while you wouldn’t be triggering any physical, mental, or emotional PEM. Therefore “energy” will be built on over time. Maybe your brain could also have the ability to focus on healing as well. I’ve read plenty of stories of people going to mild or even remission from completely avoiding PEM for 6months-1year, not even doing anything if they felt well enough.
I came up with this because sometimes I just want to be put to sleep because the symptoms get so excruciating and it’s living torture.