Brief Explanation of How CFS Patients are Evaluated by a Physician (Center for Disease Control)

 

TREATMENT

Fibromyalgia Medications (Arthritis Foundation)

What Treatment Seems Most Effective in Treatment of Fibromyalgia (Healthy.net)

Treatment of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Center for Disease Control)

NADH: A new treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome? (Mayo Clinic)

Mixing Meds: Drug-Drug Interactions (Arthritis Foundation)

 

CLINICAL TRIALS

ClinicalTrials.gov: Fibromyalgia (Would you like to participate in the testing of new treatments for CFS/FMS? (National Institutes of Health)

COPING STRATEGIES

Fibromyalgia: Clearing the Fog (Arthritis Foundation)

Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Back Pain (Mayo Clinic)

Theories on Chronic Pain (Mayo Clinic)

Misdiagnosis of Fibromyalgia? (Do you have another condition that you've mistaken for fibromyalgia?)

 

RESEARCH

Arthritis Foundation (Also available in: Spanish)

National Fibromyalgia Association

LAW & POLICY

Americans with Disabilities Act: What Persons with Fibromyalgia Need to Know (National Fibromyalgia Partnership) - Links to PDF File

The SSI Blue Book (Disability Evaluation Under U.S. Social Security)

Disability Programs in U.S.A.

Canadian Disability Programs

Click here for a list of international disability links.

 

JUST FOR WOMEN

Fibromyalgia and Pregnancy (InteliHealth)

Fibromyalgia and Your Menstrual Cycle (InteliHealth)

Pregnancy & Debilitating Diseases (Here's what you need to know if you're expecting a baby now or just thinking about it.)

 

JUST FOR MEN

It's a Guy Thing: Men with Fibromyalgia (National Fibromyalgia Association)

A Husband's Story (Story of a husband coping with his wife's fibromyalgia)

 

JUST FOR CHILDREN

CFS in Children (Excellent resource for your chronically fatigued child)

FDA Warns About Children & Antidepressants (FDA)

 

JUST FOR FAMILIES

Families with Fibromyalgia (How it impacts whole families and turns them upside-down)

A Husband's Story (Story of a husband coping with his wife's fibromyalgia)

Happily Ever After (Even the strongest partnerships can falter when chronic illness moves in and makes it a threesome. Here's how to keep love alive).

 

RELATED CONDITIONS

Fibromyalgia & TMJ (Healthy.net)

How CFS and Fibromyalgia Stress Can Make You Gain Weight (FM Aware)

 

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