All Articles
By date in reverse chronological order.
Understanding Chronic Illness
How chronic illness differs from short-term illness; tools for understanding your unique situation; information resources.
CFIDS & Fibromyalgia Basics
Your first responsibility is to gather information so you can make informed, intelligent decisions. This article gives you basic facts about CFIDS and fibromyalgia.
Solutions for Sleep
Medical and self-management approaches to improving sleep.
Strategies for Pain
Medication and self-management approaches to pain relief.
Fighting Fatigue
Fatigue can have many causes. Learn how to fight back using a combination of strategies.
Acceptance, Discipline & Hope: A Story of Recovery from CFIDS
Dean Anderson's account of how he used self-help in his successful eight-year struggle to recover from CFIDS.
Getting Through the Bad Days
Read guest author Patti Schmidt's strategies for handling relapses.
4: Nurture Yourself with Pre-Emptive Rest
Pre-emptive rest is a simple technique that can help reduce symptoms and make life more stable.
Will I Get Better? Tilting the Odds in Your Favor
Many people with CFS and fibromyalgia improve over time. Here are some ideas on how to increase your chances for among those who gets better.
Roadmap for Chronic Illness
Long-term illness can be confusing. Here's a guide to unfamiliar territory.
Taming Stressful Thoughts: Making Thoughts Work For You
Our thoughts about being ill can be a cause of stress. Learn the three step process for making your self-talk moe realistic and more positive.
What Recovery Means to Me
For JoWynn Johns, recovery meant creating a different kind of life than she had before becoming ill.
From Doing to Being: My Journey to Healing
Yvonne Bond's account of how her decision to stop working led to a new and better life.
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.
Preventing Relapses
Five strategies for avoiding setbacks.
Five Ways to Expand Your Energy Envelope
How to expand your activity level without increasing symptoms.
Writing Is Good Medicine
CFS/FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers explains how writing can improve your health.
Looking Back: Our First 5 Years
How our program evolved and the beliefs on which it’s based.
Using CBT: A Success Story
Read how James Thomas used Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
When All Else Fails, Take A Nap
CFIDS/FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers sings the praises of daytime rest.
