johnlawrenceaspden comments on A Medical Mystery: Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 31 January 2016 03:49:06PM 8 points [-]

There actually is a way to test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Have someone exercise (to the extent they can) and have them try to repeat the performance the next day. Most people will do about as well; CFS sufferers will do about 20% worse.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 31 January 2016 05:17:56PM 2 points [-]

One of the things John Lowe spent his life doing was to track down evidence that clinically, fibromyalgia and hypothyroidism are the same thing. He certainly thought he'd proved it, and wrote a review paper called

Inadequate Thyroid Hormone Regulation as the Main Mechanism of Fibromyalgia: A Review of the Evidence

You can find it here: http://tpauk.com/main/dr-john-lowe-overview-of-important-articles/

I haven't followed up the references, but he gave four for exercise intolerance/fibromyalgia and four for exercise intolerance/hypothyroidism.