Hello everyone,

Dr. Cheney, one of the world's most reknown researchers and physicians
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), recommends his patients to take
Clonazepam.

See e.g. here: http://www.cfsresearch.org/cfs/cheney/33nf.htm .

He thinks that it protects the patients' brains against what he calls
"excitatory neurotoxicity".

I would be very grateful if one or some of you could take the time to
peruse the above-named page and provide an expert's view.

The reason for my interest: As a patient with CFS, I've been taking
Clonazepam for several years because of this recommendation, and
because I think that it improves my quality of sleep. However, I'm not
sure about the sleep effect (I'd have to withdraw from the medication
and try it again to verify the effect). And I have a bit of an
unpleasant feeling taking Clonazepam because every doctor I go to is
quite aghast that I'm taking it!

How strong do you think are the scientific grounds for Cheney's
opinion? Does it seem plausibel to you?

Thanks in advance for all comments!

Kind regards

Holger