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Comment on: CBT could be treatment option for chronic fatigue
Joanna Ko: Can you tell us what part of CBT actually made your daughter worse, as opposed to simply not helping her symptoms? Was graded exercise therapy involved, or was it simply the difficulty of traveling to her appointments -- not trivial for someone with this illness.
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Comment on: CBT could be treatment option for chronic fatigue
CBT may help people with garden-variety chronic fatigue. It does NOT reduce the severity of symptoms of chronic fatigue SYNDROME, which is an organic disease. Put it this way: sending a CFS patient to a therapist is much like sending someone with multiple sclerosis to a therapist. At best, it can help the person cope with the emotional difficulties of living with a (so far) incurable disease. It's not going to ameliorate the physical symptoms.
