User:EscapeTheFog

Long time reader, first time contributor :-). I have had ME/CFS for about 15 years, though I was misdiagnosed with depression for the majority of that time.  I spend a lot of time learning about the disease, and I hope to begin helping others by expanding and improving the knowledge here in ME-pedia.  I have some other interesting ideas for the community -- particularly around how to increase participation -- which I hope to share over time.

Employed as a Software Engineer in Silicon Valley, California, USA.

Interests / Focus Areas
I plan to focus on topics where I have some personal experience and/or have spent considerable time learning about. I'm most interested in the following conditions (and treatments and testing related to them):
 * Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) - and related pages on treatments including synthetic antibiotics, herbal antibiotics, and diets.
 * Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) - its relevance to ME/CFS, treatments, and testing
 * Bartonella
 * Babesia

Medium

 * Elemental diet
 * Lactulose Breath Test
 * Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

Small

 * Center for Complex Diseases
 * Metabolic trap
 * Open Medicine Institute
 * Oregano
 * Rifaximin

Tiny

 * Adderall

Meta Topics on me-pedia

 * MEpedia
 * MEpedia:Suggested tasks

ME/CFS Topics on me-pedia

 * Resveratrol
 * Ketosis
 * Fasting
 * Intermittent fasting
 * Curcumin
 * Fecal matter transplant
 * Cell danger response hypothesis
 * Photophobia
 * Definitions of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome, and ME/CFS

External Papers

 * Gut inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome
 * Eradication of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth decreases symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome: A double blind, randomized study
 * Herbal Therapy Is Equivalent to Rifaximin for the Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Contribute To

 * Olive Leaf Extract
 * Intestinal permeability
 * Leaky gut
 * Low FODMAP Diet
 * Garlic / Allicin
 * Neem
 * Berberine
 * Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS)
 * Cunningham Panel
 * GAPS Diet
 * Specific Carbohydrate Diet
 * Galaxy Diagnostics
 * Babesia
 * IGeneX
 * Modafinil
 * Armodafnil
 * Clonazepam
 * Melatonin
 * Cromolyn sodium
 * Ketotifen
 * RAPH Elimination Diet
 * Hyperacusis
 * Brain Fog
 * Azithromycin
 * Clarithromycin
 * Rifampicin
 * Metronidazole
 * Neomycin
 * Ketogenic diet

Watch

 * I Remember Me
 * Forgotten Plague
 * Sick and Tired

Miscellaneous

 * Buy a red Millions Missing t-shirt before they sell out for Millions Missing 2020