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==Letters== * 2015, [http://www.annals.org/data/journals/aim/934718/aime201512010-l155178.pdf Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last = Speedy|first = Maik | authorlink = Nice guidelines blog | date = Dec 2015 | title = Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=http://www.annals.org/data/journals/aim/934718/aime201512010-l155178.pdf | journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=163|issue=11 | pages = 884|quote=As a physician bedridden with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for more than a decade who is totally dependent on others, all thanks to a major relapse caused by [[Graded exercise therapy |GET]], I am in a unique position to answer how harmful GET and [[cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) really are.<br />The basis of these therapies is [[illness beliefs|false illness beliefs]], meaning that it is all in the mind. These beliefs ignore all of the evidence that ME is a physical disease, such as intracellular immune dysfunctions, which not only restrict exercise capacity but also worsen with exercise.<br >The main characteristic of ME is an abnormally delayed muscle recovery after doing trivial things, not chronic fatigue, and GET and CBT force you to ignore your symptoms to exercise your way back to full fitness. If you do that, you exceed your limit and cause a relapse, and the more you exceed your limit, the bigger the relapse and the less likely you are to recover from it. Many patients with this condition have become [[severe and very severe ME |homebound and bedridden]] because of a major relapse caused by GET, and we will get our health and independence back only if we receive proper medication.}}</ref>
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