A. No, in his opinion don't continue it. You want to increase activity as much as possible, but if sitting up and no blood going to brain and is causing dystonia - not good. First you need to increase the circulating blood volume to normal, then decrease peripheral resistance, and increase circulation to the brain. Had good results from saline infusion - which could be a good diagnostic test. Give one or two units of normal saline by vein - expands circulating blood volume by one or two litres.
Patient feels temporarily very well.
The sicker you are, the shorter the time it has an effect. There is very little risk from normal saline infusions. He hasn't seen any GWS patients and has no personal experience. The two illnesses do seem very similar and the pattern of symptoms seem similar too. CFS maybe due to injury to the brain and ANS dysfunction.