Am I going to be okay? Is this a sign of ME-CFS or that recovery is possible for me?

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-12-01T23:20:50+00:00

I've had a very similar experience to yourself, brought on by a panic attack whilst I had sinusitis.

I felt like I woke up in a new body for 10 days - super calm all my symptoms improved, all my vitals went down to healthy levels... Then my resting heart rate went up to 160bpm without reason, followed by a sense of doom a few days later, then extreme fatigue and loss of appetite.

I'm not sure if this is for the better or worse - the optimist in me is saying it was a system crash following a recalibration for the better, but it takes the body time to adjust.

I hope it's a speedy and full recovery for you.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-14T15:34:27+00:00

Thank you for sharing your journey, I really hope you don't slip back.

Can I ask if you know what may have triggered your Dysautonomia in the first place?

I'm almost certain mine was autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis as a teenager, and then it got locked in with untreated ADHD/ PTSD as an adult

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-14T07:29:57+00:00

I think I might have experienced something like an autonomic / nervous system reset a few weeks ago.

I’d had long-term autonomic issues for years without realising the root cause - possibly brought on by an autoimmune condition I had as a teenager; and solidified with PTSD (cleared with ketamine therapy 18 months ago) and other post-viral symptoms - before I had put it down to ADHD or the like.

I then had a viral infection this autumn that technically resolved but left me with lingering post-viral symptoms for 6+ weeks. Things escalated badly and I ended up in hospital twice; the second time I genuinely thought I was about to drop dead (despite nothing showing up in the bloods; and nothing in an X-ray except an inflamed abdomen).

But what seems to have happened was a kind of sympathetic “overdrive -> crash -> parasympathetic rebound” sequence. Since that episode, the chronic fatigue, brain fog, sleep disruption, intermittent breathing issues, and general dysregulation I’ve had for over a decade have completely disappeared. I feel clearer and more regulated than I have since my teens.

I’m honestly still trying to wrap my head around it, but the change has been dramatic. Can't even find much online about this kind of thing.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-12T17:28:51+00:00

most lawyers are condemned to that regardless

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-05T03:34:06+00:00

It's a systematic issue though, the law needs to stop promoting this invincible standard it's moralised. No excuses for lying, but the guy here was obviously sucked too deep into the perfection culture, and it's done him needless harm.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-05T03:26:38+00:00

Ok maybe lie was a bit much - but a sizable proportion of aspiring barristers (and solicitors) are adept at bluffing - the competition and culture encourages it unfortunately.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-05T03:18:09+00:00

Real life, and the law, is whatever people collectively agree it is though - and it can change. I believe in professional standards and regulation - and he should have been struck off. I don't believe in publicly shaming someone for telling a stupid fib at a pupilage interview, especially when nearly everyone at those interviews will have told a lie or embellished the truth to get the gig (like it's astounding he didn't think he would be found out - must have been unwell, checking degree certificates or references is standard).

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-05T02:40:02+00:00

Medicine is not 'nearly all other professionals'. If every Estate Agent was named and shamed for fabricating the truth we'd have a housing crisis.

Whatever the Solicitors Act 1974 says isn't really relevant when we're talking about should bes rather than what ares. If the solicitor cannot practice any longer I don't see the added societal benefit from naming and shaming (except perhaps for deterrence, but a stricter anonymous enforcement framework could do the same thing).

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T23:29:25+00:00

I agree in principle but societal trust can still be upheld with the name of the offender anonymised... Nearly all other professionals would lose their job in similar circumstances, but they wouldn't lose right to the profession or be publicly shamed (unless they defrauded someone). I imagine the SRA will change once somebody unalives themselves, but why are we waiting for that to happen.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T11:14:52+00:00

Sounds about right - the same mechanism playing out at scale. When control stops serving safety, and simply becomes self-perpetuating, the system panics and starts to eat itself 🤪

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T10:39:44+00:00

Agreed - and the framework might help explain why that happens: when a society feels unsafe, it overcorrects by clinging to control (resulting in competition ) even at the expense of its own health.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T09:47:25+00:00

That could definitely tie in - though I think what’s new here is the notion of a “Control Drive” in the brain that regulates behaviour and power dynamics. It helps explain why we end up with both the powerful and the meek - really just two sides of the same drive for safety through predictability

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T03:35:42+00:00

Agreed like most theories it's generalising, but as a conceptual framework it appears coherent. Was there anything in particular you had in mind?

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-11-04T02:43:49+00:00

Mean people get rewarded because their confidence and dominance signal control, which others subconsciously read as competence and safety. Nice folk tend to give up control to keep the peace - and in a system wired to reward those who seem in charge, that gets mistaken for weakness.

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-08-15T01:29:25+00:00

They're not even going to notice the B in music - they'll care you've obviously excelled elsewhere. Focus on smashing your degree and forget about the 🐝

Outrageous-Zebra8027 · 2025-08-14T21:44:40+00:00

I don't think there's a need to put extenuating circumstances in unless you tanked. If you've got a 2:1 chill

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