There have been a lot of tools and practices that have helped me to feel somewhat better. Some activities / aids, increase my energy or accelerate my body’s healing ability and others have been less helpful or had little effect.

I’ve added stars against things that helped, and most of these I continue to use regularly as part of my tailored recovery treatment plan. The rating is as follows

• 0 Stars = no change
• 1 Star = slightly helpful / improving energy or decrease in symptoms
• 2 Stars = significant improvement
• 3 Stars = most helpful, use frequently
• Sad face = made things worse

Here is a list of my tried treatments and activities:

• Meditation🌟🌟🌟
• Accupressure massage🌟
• Indoor Pilates🌟🌟
• Pacing🌟🌟
• Occupational health therapist🌟
• Graded Exercise Therapy🌟
• Private blood/saliva testing 🌟🌟

• Co-enzyme CQ10🌟
• Qi-Ribose😕
• Deep tissue massage🌟
• Getting out of maladaptive stress response (fight/flight/freeze)🌟🌟🌟
• General Supplements🌟
• Vegan diet
• Wheat / gluten free diet🌟
• Accupuncture🌟
• Coconut water🌟🌟🌟
• Inner child work(positive inner talk and appreciation of self)🌟🌟🌟
• Support pillows🌟
• CFS 50 Recovery Stories Book🌟🌟
• Optimum health clinic🌟🌟🌟
• CBT🌟
• Activity scheduling🌟
• Relaxation CDs🌟🌟🌟
• Emotional Freedom Technique🌟
• Stop process
• Building daily routine🌟🌟🌟
• TV
• No sugar / natural sugar diet🌟🌟
• Glandulars
• Bodymind work(listening to body, being present)🌟🌟🌟
• Nutritionist🌟🌟
• Tuning fork🌟
• Hypnosis
• Ice packs🌟🌟🌟
• Melatonin😕
• Visualisation of each goal before I achieve it🌟🌟🌟
• Crystals🌟🌟
• Personal power work( developing self-belief, over-coming fears particularly around relapses)🌟🌟🌟
• Nutri-bullet smoothies🌟🌟🌟
• Anti-depressants 😕
• Homeopathy🌟
• Ibuprofen🌟🌟
• Earplugs / face mask🌟🌟
• Energy healing🌟
• Wheelchair🌟🌟
• Nature🌟🌟🌟
• Not accepting ME/CFS as my indendity(instead being who I am moment to moment)🌟🌟🌟
• Osteopath🌟
• Learning to interpret own blood tests🌟🌟🌟
• GP / doctors😕
• Taxi’s🌟🌟
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service🌟
• Echinacea🌟🌟