The stress-response neural systems of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients remain on high alert even when they sleep, signalling that it’s not safe to relax, researchers have found.
Researchers also discovered that reduced heart rate variability, or changes in heart beat timing, are the best predictors of cognitive disturbances, such as concentration difficulties commonly reported by CFS sufferers. This adds to the growing body of evidence linking autonomic nervous system imbalance to this disorder.
The findings could lead to new ways to improve cognitive difficulties in people with CFS, which remains a poorly understood condition.
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Ah, and the cycle of ridiculousness goes on, decades of banging our heads against the wall and shrinks jumping all over something justifying their existence getting us nowhere. They can not even recognise the international consensus criteria for ME to separate those who may actually benefit from psychological intervention while those with ME, a likely auto-immune disease we get no benefit at all.
Recently a real article was written looking at many of these issues, if anyone actually wants to scratch the surface, with a good run down of many of the current and past important studies and findings,
http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/Wessely_John_Maddox_Award.htm