About this episode

Evan H. Hirsch, MD discusses the unpredictable symptoms of Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, exploring reasons for symptom flares and offering practical tracking methods.

You had a good day. Then you crashed. And now you're wondering what you did wrong. Most people with Long COVID and ME/CFS spend months trying to make sense of why their symptoms feel so unpredictable. The truth is, they usually aren't. In this episode, Evan H. Hirsch, MD, walks through nine specific reasons symptoms flare, from physical overexertion and nervous system stress to hormone shifts, seasonal infection cycles, and full moon patterns. He also breaks down the 'Toxic 5' that keep the body vulnerable to these swings, and shares a practical tracking approach to help you start reading your own patterns with more clarity and less fear. In this episode, you'll learn: Why post-exertional malaise can show up hours or days after activity How emotional, mental, spiritual, and energetic stress affect the nervous system Common food and environmental triggers that can worsen symptoms quickly The connection between hormone shifts, menopause, and symptom flares What a Herxheimer reaction is and why detox pathways matter How the Toxic 5 contribute to Long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome Discover your fatigue score and the root causes keeping you stuck: https://myfatiguescore.com Free…

People in this episode

Host: Evan H. Hirsch, MD

Topics covered

• Long COVID
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Symptom Flare
• Post-Exertional Malaise
• Nervous System Stress
• Hormone Shifts

Keywords

• Long COVID
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• symptom flare
• post-exertional malaise
• hormone shifts
• Toxic 5
• fatigue score

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EnergyMD, myfatiguescore.com, energymdmethod.com

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