A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Sleep Center

“If you don’t get a good nights sleep you’re not going to get well. It really is that simple”. Dr. Murphee

The First Symptom

ME/CFS and FM doctors agree that getting as good a night’s sleep as possible is essential for improving your health.

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[/fright]Dr. Bested, an ME/CFS/FM practitioner asserts that “improving sleep, even a little, can make a tremendous difference to a person’s […] quality of life”.

“The most effective way to eliminate fatigue and pain in CFS/FMS is to get eight to nine hours of solid, deep sleep each night on a regular basis.” Dr. Teitelbaum

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are not sleep disorders and improving your sleep will not cure them but getting better sleep will help you feel better (and vice versa).

Studies indicated that just a few nights of poor sleep result in increased sensitivity to pain and increased fatigue – two key elements of ME/CFS and FM.

Plus studies suggest that up to 20% of ME/CFS patients may not have ME/CFS at all, but an identifiable and treatable sleep disorder that could be uncovered during a sleep study. Eighty percent of people with the most common sleep disorder - sleep apnea - undiagnosed.

Learning About Sleep

Overviews

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Sleep Research

Empowering Research… While You Sleep - how a new tool may help researchers understand sleep problems in ME/CFS and FM
Sleepless and In Pain - A Link Between Fibromyalgia and Sleep (WebMD)
Hands Up! A Key to the Fatigue, Sleep and Pain in Fibromyalgia Found?
Cellular Havoc: Zeroing In On The Sleep Problems in Fibromyalgia?
Study Illuminates the Cause of the Sleep Problems in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Finally)

[fright]View attachment 875 [/fright]Sleep apnea - can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness and cognitive problems as well as affect the heart and other organs. It is largely undiagnosed.