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emotional sensitivity

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    Vitamin B5 an effective treatment for ME/CFS emotional or stress sensitivity

    Many ME/CFS patients have high sensitivity to stressors, and have an emotional sensitivity or emotional frailty. The Canadian consensus criteria (full version here) actually lists a number of emotional symptoms of ME/CFS, including: Hypersensitivity to emotional overload Emotional flattening...