( A word of caution; benzodiazepines are successfully used by many people with ME/CFS and FM. Like all drugs, though, in the wrong person they can have negative effects, and, every now and then, someone who is very sensitive to them shows up. Despite taking only...
She’s had chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) for twenty-eight years and has left no stone unturned in her attempts to get well. She’s traveled widely and seen some of the best ME/CFS doctors in the world. Despite being connected to the hilt in the ME/CFS,...
The Fibromyalgia Summits are multiplying. We just had one a couple of months ago and now here’s another one. The world of alternative health is a vast one, though, and this summit provides some different approaches to FM. The FibroFix Summit starts in five days...
The Invest in ME Conferences always provides talks on the cutting edge of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) research and this year was no exception. This blog provides an overview of some of the talks. The information in the blog was taken from some good tweeting by...
The National Pain Report recently released the results of its fibromyalgia survey examining treatment effectiveness and other questions. Almost 1,500 people participated. (Please note that the percentages in this table are different from those in the National Pain...
The Japanese have long been engaged in a quest to understand severe fatigue. Severe fatigue is an issue the Japanese apparently take fairly seriously. In fact, Watanabe and Tanaka begin their overview of the causes of severe, chronic fatigue by referring to exhaustion...
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