Positives

• One patient on Phoenix Rising (beaverfury) reported a striking initial response to the Gupta programme: within two weeks he felt 50% better, and by seven months he was 80-90% better and playing soccer Phoenix Rising.
• A patient on Phoenix Rising (Chili) reported partial benefit: "Good meditation sequences, but certainly didn't cure me. Helps with anxiety and negative thoughts." Phoenix Rising.

Negatives

• The same beaverfury (initial 80-90% responder) returned to work, relapsed, and three years later was still struggling and had not worked in a year — he credited the program with helping pain control but said it "didnt help with PEM" Phoenix Rising.
• A third patient on Phoenix Rising (Garcia) reported the opposite outcome: "I did. Complete waste of time / money." Phoenix Rising.
• A Phoenix Rising poll of forum members who had tried the Gupta Program found that none reported recovery, and the thread moderator described crashing repeatedly after following the program's instruction to ignore symptoms she now considers legitimate warning signs Phoenix Rising.

Hurdles & Side Effects

• Trustpilot reviews describe the refund process as unnecessarily complicated, with a $40 administrative fee plus international return shipping that can make refunds effectively uneconomical Trustpilot.
• The r/cfs moderators published a community stance on brain-retraining programs including Gupta, concluding that the programs use scientific terminology to appear legitimate but are not based on rigorously tested frameworks, and cautioning patients who cannot afford or tolerate the daily practice Reddit.