SUPPORT LIBRARY

Overview

An Overview for Newly Diagnosed Patients (FMS) (Newly Diagnosed? Check this out)

About Fibromyalgia (National Fibromyalgia Association)

Also available in: Spanish

Fibromyalgia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Overview of Fibromyalgia (WrongDiagnosis.com)

CFS Primer (Mayo Clinic)

Overview of CFS (Avera Health)

CFS Fact Sheet (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

CFS Information (from Center for Disease Control)

BBC Review of CFS (BBC News)




Tutorials

Fibromyalgia (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player

(Also available in: Spanish)

Questions and Answers about Fibromyalgia (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)





Treatment



Clinical Trials

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





Alternative Therapies

Meditation (Arthritis Foundation)

Herb and drug interactions: 'Natural' products not always safe (Be careful if you take the supplements listed here because they interact with certain prescription drugs)

 



Coping Strategies

Fibromyalgia and Exercise (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Also available in: Spanish

Managing Your Fibromyalgia (National Fibromyalgia Association)

Maintaining a Positive Attitude: Ten Strategies (National Fibromyalgia Association)

Stuck in the Dumps (Arthritis Foundation)

Reclaiming your life in spite of chronic pain (Mayo Clinic)

Chronic pain: Exercise can bring relief (Mayo Clinic)

Fatigue: When to rest, when to worry? (Mayo Clinic)





Current Issues

Botox: Can It Treat Fibromyalgia? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

How CFS and Fibromyalgia Stress Can Make You Gain Weight (National Fibromyalgia Association)

What's in a Name? FMS vs CFS (Arthritis Foundation)

Theories on Chronic Pain (Mayo Clinic)

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


Research

Delivering on the Promise in Fibromyalgia (Arthritis Foundation)

Fibromyalgia: Summaries of Research (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Link Between Depression and Pain in People with Fibromyalgia Still Not Clear (American College of Rheumatology)

New Treatment for Fibromyalgia (American College of Rheumatology)

Chronic Fatigue Research: Challenges and Opportunities (National Institutes of Health)

Fibromyalgia: A Syndrome of Disturbed Physiology (Health Canada)



Directories

Find a Rheumatologist (American College of Rheumatology)

CFS Resources for Patients (National Institutes of Health)

Please also click here for complete directory.



Organizations

American College of Rheumatology

Arthritis Foundation (Also available in: Spanish)

Also available in: Spanish
 



Law and 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

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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