All Articles
All articles by date, most recent first:
Self-Help for CFS and Fibromyalgia
An overview of the course plus quotes from participants.
Pacing: A Young Person's View
Guest author Ingebjorg Dahl shows you how to use pacing to smooth out the CFIDS roller coaster.
Killing Me Softly: FM/CFS & Suicide
Depression is common in long-term illness. This article by Lisa Lorden Myers offers ideas for coping when life seems hopeless.
Finding Support Groups and Doctors
Ideas on how to connect with other patients and how to locate physicians.
How I Use Routine to Successfully Manage Fibromyalgia
How FM patient Joan Buchman uses routine to control symptoms.
Skills and Attitude
Your success in managing long-term illness also depends on your coping skills and attitude. This article shows you some keys to successful adaptation.
Developing a Partnership with Your Doctor
Self-management also means learning how to work well with doctors and other health-care providers. This article suggests how to make your medical visits productive.
Understanding Chronic Illness
How chronic illness differs from short-term illness; tools for understanding your unique situation; information resources.
ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia Basics
Your first responsibility is to gather information so you can make informed, intelligent decisions. This article gives you basic facts about ME/CFS and fibromyalgia.
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.
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
ME/CFS/FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers explains how writing can improve your health.
Using Self-Management to Treat ME/CFS
How a man from the UK experienced significant improvement using an approach similar to ours.
When All Else Fails, Take A Nap
ME/CFS and FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers sings the praises of daytime rest.
The Power of P.R.I.D.E.
Lynn Humphreys describes how she improved her life when she started living with P.R.I.D.E.: pacing, rest, information, delegating and enjoyment.
Adapting to Fibromyalgia
By focusing on the many practical things she could do to feel better, Jana Murrell-Maxfield made a successful adaptation to fibromyalgia.
Living with Fibromyalgia: What Helps Me
Fibromyangia patient Kathy Gamble describes the many strategies she used to create a good life with FM.
Support For Changing Our Lifestyle
Describes our first online class. (First published in the CFIDS Chronicle.)
Review of Our First Classes
Gives an overview of the course and describes the results of the first groups. Published originally in the CFIDS Chronicle.
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