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Some of you might have noticed that I have taken a public beating on the “autoimmunity” thread for making the apparently unpopular assertion that humor is an adaptive means of coping with illness or traumatic loss or injury. None of you have to accept anything that I have said as “fact” in this...

Some of you might have noticed that I have taken a public beating on the “autoimmunity” thread for making the apparently unpopular assertion that humor is an adaptive means of coping with illness or traumatic loss or injury. None of you have to accept anything that I have said as “fact” in this...

I have heard many here on the forum refer to exercise intolerance as a symptom. For those of you who experience this, would you mind describing what it is you feel? I had an image in my mind of what was meant. Last night, I think I might have had an episode myself while working out with some...

Niteangel: No one really knows what causes BFS/BCFS. Some potential causal factors include over-exercise or a preceding viral illness (cold or flu). There is some belief it is related to potassium channels in the nerve pathways and this could be why magesium supplements have been helpful to...

Paul: I started with pain first too (so you are no lone "oddball"). I did not get fascics until a couple of months after the roaming pain started. I had stiffness, mainly in my hands and am still very sensitive to hot and cold in my hands. From the test results you have shared, it does not...

Funny that you should mention magnesium. Just last night I started a combination magnesium/calcium/zinc tablet thinking that this might help, given what I have read now about nerve function and some of the postings here by folks who have tried it. I took it again this morning and will probably...

Basso: Thank you for the thoughtful response. You took it deeper than a lot of folks might. I resonate with much of what you said and in fact a few days back had journaled about the timing of this given some deeper shifts occurring in me. Like you, I don't think we can compartmentalize...