Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Better Ways of Managing Your Lifestyle

by Alastair Jackson

Written from firsthand experience about the hardships, frustrations, and uncertainties facing sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), this book is a useful and optimistic guide to a little-understood and frequently trivialized disease. Often labeled as being “all in the mind” or “the yuppie flu,” CFS is a devastating condition that afflicts increasing numbers of people throughout the world. The current thoughts on the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of CFS are discussed, as are strategies for coping with the illness and treating its symptoms. Also provided are case histories that give insight into others’ experiences, as well as suggestions for diet, exercise, meditation, and alternative medicine.

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jodi · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book about what seems to be a mild case of a post-viral fatigue syndrome, which the author refers to as CFS.

This is not a book about M.E. and this book will not be useful in any way to anyone who actually has the neurological disease Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

M.E. and CFS are not the same, contrary to popular opinion and in fact there simply is no distinct disease known as 'CFS' - if only the author had been aware of this before writing this book may have been so very different, because the author very obviously means well and could have really been a wonderful advocate...as is, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone!

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

helpful and easy to read