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Is There Any Treatment for M.E?
Conventional treatment, drugs are prescribed to relieve symptoms. Low doses of antidepressants may relieve sleep disturbance and muscle pain. Adequate rest and careful pacing of physical and mental activities are very important.
Although there is very little that orthodox medicine can do for M.E. sufferers, many have benefited from a self-help approach, and there are things that can be done to speed recovery.
Many sufferers have allergies to foods or substances in the environment. So you may come across sufferers who are on restricted and apparently quite bizarre diets - there are good reasons for this (e.g. they feel really ill if they break their diet!).
Similarly, some people with M.E. find that things like exhaust fumes, perfume or ordinary household chemicals affect them very badly - so they won't go near them.
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