M.E. Ability and Severity Scale

You may find it useful to look at a scale of severity and decide where you are now so that you can periodically review this to see if a pattern exists to your illness. There have been several scales of severity developed for CFS/ME. Here is the best one we've come across:

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The 3 parts of the severity scale.

The scale is in three parts because cognitive abilities, physical abilities and
symptom severity are often not all equally affected in each patient.
A scale with more than one category should ensure greater accuracy and also
hopefully be more encouraging as there is a greater likelihood that you'll score a
bit higher in at least one category compared to the other two!

3 part Ability and Severity Scale (web page)

3 part Ability and Severity Scale (large font PDF file)

The scales are designed to be used by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis sufferers to measure improvements and changes over different aspects of their illness over time. These scales are not intended for medical use, I am not a medical doctor. They are inspired by the scales written by Dr Bell MD, Jill Moss, and Verillo and Gellman (in their book CFS: A Treatment Guide)

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