Practical tools for managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

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The 1% Solution

The secret to improving with CFS and FM? Think small.

Overcoming Loss: Lessons from Research on Bereavement

What bereavement research teaches about successful grieving.

How Your Doctor Can Help If You Have CFS/ME

Answers from CFS specialist Dr. Charles Lapp.

Stranded in the Grocery Store: How to Avoid Crashing While Shopping

Five strategies for preventing a collapse while away from home.

Finding Your Energy Envelope, Part 1

Describes a system for understanding your limits and offers two techniques for expanding them. (First of two articles.)

Overlapping and Related Conditions

A description of nine medical problems that often occur together with CFS and FM.

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

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