Category: rolling PEM

How I Recovered from Rolling PEM: Part 3 – Quality of Life After Rolling PEM Crash Cycles

Post author By tickedoffcodess
Post date May 20, 2025
Categories In MECFS, rolling PEM
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Reading Time: 12 minutesDiscover what life looks like after I recovered from rolling PEM. From pain reduction to cognitive clarity, Part 3 of my recovery story reveals how I reclaimed stability and joy.

How I Got Out of Rolling PEM: Part 2

Post author By tickedoffcodess
Post date May 1, 2025
Categories In MECFS, PEM, rolling PEM
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Reading Time: 34 minutesGetting out of rolling PEM with very severe ME/CFS wasn’t one thing — it was a combination of strategies layered on top of each other over several months. In Part 2 of this series, I share the twelve approaches that helped me break the cycle of constant crashing: from aggressive rest therapy and asking for help, to pacing with a Polar H10 heart rate monitor, managing comorbidities like Hyper POTS and MCAS, calming my autonomic nervous system, and using HRV data to make smarter pacing decisions. This isn’t a prescription — it’s my story of what it took to find stability when everything felt impossible.

How I Escaped the Horror of Rolling PEM: Part 1

Post author By tickedoffcodess
Post date August 25, 2023
Categories In MECFS, PEM, rolling PEM
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Reading Time: 9 minutesIn these blog posts, I will tell you how I got into rolling PEM and what it did to my health and well-being (part 1). I will share how I managed to get out of rolling PEM with the help of pacing, heart rate monitoring, and other strategies (part 2). I will also share with […]