Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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For research, treatments, and personal stories regarding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). ME/CFS is a multi-systemic neurological disease, distinct from chronic fatigue as a symptom.

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Buffy already knew about CFS (swg-empire.de)

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I've started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer again and 30 minutes in, in the first episode, Cordelia is telling some friends about her bedridden mom whom she suspects to suffer from CFS, whereas her doctor suspects the Epstein-Barr virus.

It's been decades since I've seen the show, but it will probably turn out later to be some kind of demonic influence. If only it were that simple.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Known as Neurasthenia and a couple of other names since the early 19^th century and defined as CFS in 1986:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chronic_fatigue_syndrome