[yyyk]

Compare to Havana syndrome - another disputed 'mystery brain disease'.

[culi]

CHUPPL did a deep dive on this one I highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqE0ltifQ2M

[whimsicalism]

functional disorders like ME, CFS, Havana syndrome, chronic lyme are very common, particularly since the emergence of patient communities enabled by the internet.