ME/CFS research

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Explain what I know and what I have seen. Not one ME/CFS sufferer I have met was a lazy person before they began suffering. They are all type A, very busy people who overworked themselves.

Harvard X showed there are multiple kinds of mitochondria, so it’s possible that some of them stopped working properly.

Graded exercise made my sister worse. She only knew how to push herself hard. She wasn’t someone who knew how to give up. She was treated as a psychiatric patient, not as a physical illness. Her financial support was removed.

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References

• ME/CFS Scandal Explainer (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Thorough video . The channel is by an ME sufferer and has many related videos
• What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose | Jennifer Brea
• The 5 Main Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/MECFS) Very good analysis for a doctor
• Scientists Find Links to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Genes and in the Gut Microbiome
• Broken Battery
  • Former Team GB Rower Oona Cousins Responds to the COVID Inquiry on Sky News GB rower gets long Covid which sounds like me. It’s PEM post-exertional malaise, and another high achiever is getting it. Symptoms clearly explain sound, just like mitochondria breaking down system-wide. It could be due to infection, particularly while vulnerable from overtraining. 
• Westminster Hall Debate on Support for People with ME/CFS – November 2025
  • ME/CFS petition in the government. Does it cover damage to mitochondria?350,000 people have me type symptoms. 
  • I am hearing the same story time and again. Post-exertion malaise points to metabolic issues, likely mitochondrial. All sufferers sound like hard workers, likely workaholics. The NHS has the same approach across the board. 
  •  4m with long covid that seems to have similar symptoms. 
• My sister developed ME/CFS and before that was diagnosed with nervous exhaustion in Austria during an interrailing trip. She had spent the last 3 years working exhaustively on her degree to earn a first-class honours. It is just as likely that, due to this extreme effort, the mitochondria supplying her nerves with energy were tired and overworked. They may have got infected or just damaged and never recovered. This would cause the symptoms she had and the disease