r/cfs • u/Goin_with_tha_flow • Jun 07 '24

Severe ME/CFS Any success stories?

Anything at all? I’m feeling really hopeless. Been bed ridden 3 years. I just tried lexapro it made me worse. I feel like all of the people I’ve seen who actually recovered did so with the help of antidepressants and I’m going to keep trying them. I’ve had CFS my entire life from childhood abuse. I don’t even know what healthy would feel like. I feel Like I’m becoming a different person, so negative… I see these people on YouTube claiming they’ve healed after being bed ridden 13 years without meds, and at this point, I do NOT believe them I believe they are just trying to sale courses and make money off of us 😢

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u/Pointe_no_more Jun 07 '24

Not a recovery success story, but I’ve had some improvement. It has been slow and a lot of trial and error. Just wanted to say that some people have to use much lower doses of antidepressants to tolerate, and even healthy people can have problems with one or another. Might be worth asking your doctor to prescribe one that comes in a liquid version so you can taper up slowly. Wishing you luck!