Scientists Discover Link With Brain Imbalance and CFS

[Sparklingsunshine]

Interesting article in the Guardian. theguardian.com/society/202....,

Thought it might be of interest to members.

[DippyDame]

Interesting!

I wonder if they know exactly what part T3 plays in the function/ balance of the brain areas they refer to, as being possible causes of the syndrome.

[greygoose in reply to DippyDame]

I was thinking the same thing!

[J972 in reply to greygoose]

Right on, ladies 🤟🏻

I would add the prevalence of a B12 deficiency, either overt or functional in nature.

[bookish in reply to J972]

Agreed ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[J972 in reply to bookish]

Thanks for the link.

In my humble opinion the narrative needs to shift from ‘CFS/me sufferers responding’ etc to an acknowledgement that, in all likelihood such people have been lazily misdiagnosed.

[bookish in reply to J972]

Agree with that too! I suspect my B12/folate metabolism is behind much of my history, with a kick courtesy of gluten. So many of the autoimmunes aren't specific of symptom early on so just get ignored or misdiagnosed and then it is like playing whispers as to what gets passed on and what gets passed over!

[Brightness14]

Low FT3 I think. That's it nothing to do with CFS all to do with the thyroid.

[arTistapple]

Hypothyroidism is a truly ‘wholistic’ condition. This is why we, as patients have so many problems communicating to doctors. They are not trained in ‘wholism’. The way specialisms are segregated from each other works directly against the wholism of our condition. Endocrinology, which lets face it, should be the specialism most aware of this, does nothing to raise its value. In fact they seem to be the worst advocates for us. Who is in our corner? The answer is few.

[Tlflom]

This article really resonates with me. Recently a close friend recommended a powerful reiki master. She discovered the energy in my brain was not balanced. Right side was good, the left side was a jumble. After she was done, I had lots of energy. Thanks for sharing.

[thyr01d]

Thank you, this is really interesting, if the attitude were to change many of us would feel much better.