When they were first documented in the medical literature, fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were thought to be little more than psychosomatic complaints. Sufferers were repeatedly told nothing was medically wrong with them, though they slogged through life chronically exhausted and crippled with pain. But times have changed. Medical professionals now recognize that FMS and CFS are very real and highly individualized medical conditions, which require dedicated and attentive care. Many of the first books about FMS and CFS sought to tell readers what the medical establishment "didn't want them to know," but people with FMS and CFS no longer need to be liberated from the "secret stigma" of their condition. Now they need to learn what they can do to start feeling better. This book takes FMS and CFS out of the shadows and explores treatments for each that really work. Readers learn to assess their own symptoms and customize a treatment approach that meets their own personal symptom profile. Instead of "working against the system," readers will be able to use the treatment resources available to them to start feeling better and to stay that way.
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