All Articles
By date in reverse chronological order.
Pedometers: A Tool for Pacing
Having trouble defining your limits? Consider counting your steps using a pedometer.
Dr Lapp’s Recommendations on Supplements
Tips from a prominent CFS/FM physician.
Advice to a New Patient
What are the most important things to remember in coping with chronic illness? Read some answers from fellow patients in this article.
Habit Change & Rules: Two Keys to Improvement
Two strategies that help when old habits make symptoms worse.
Pacing Means Moving Ahead and Not Falling Behind
Tips on the art of pacing from two guest authors.
Managing Your Energy Envelope
How to determine your energy profile plus nine strategies for managing your energy.
Building a Support Network
How to get help from friends, support groups and professionals.
Finding and Working with Doctors
How to locate a physician, plus tips on making relationships with doctors more productive.
Tips for the Caregiver
Nine things to remember if you are taking care of someone with CFS or FM.
Illness & Sex: Six Strategies for Improving Intimacy
Intimacy can be one casualty of CFS and FM. Here are six strategies that help promote closeness.
Seven Tips for Improving Communication
Practical strategies for better family communication.
How Families Can Help People with CFS or FM
The biggest help is to support patients’ efforts to adapt.
Recasting Family Relationships
Redistributing household tasks, financial adjustments, adapting socializing and finding a “new normal”
Eight Ways to Improve Relationships
General principles for recasting relationships
Pacing by Numbers: Using Your Heart Rate To Stay Inside the Energy Envelope
How to control symptoms by staying within your anaerobic threshold.
Sensory Overload: Sources and Strategies
One cause of confusion and other CFS/FM symptoms is too much sensory information. The article describes both treatments for sensory overload and preventive measures.
Fred Friedberg’s Seven-Step Protocol for Treating CFS & FM
A review of Fred Friedberg's book on using lifestyle change to treat fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Learning to Manage Pain
A review of Margaret Caudill's book "Managing Pain Before It Manages You."
Lessons from a Recovery Story
A review of Martha Kilcoyne's book "Defeat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
Seven Strategies for Reducing Guilt
Practical responses if you feel guilty for being sick.
