Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: Feel Better, Take Charge, Regain Hope

by Bruce F Campbell, Charles W Lapp (Foreword by)

Overview

A solution-oriented book filled with practical strategies for managing symptoms and improving quality of life. Includes step-by-step discussion of pacing. Also addresses treatment options, managing stress, addressing feelings, improving relationships, learning self-management skills, and finding hope. Foreword by international CFS/FM authority and physician Charles Lapp, M.D., who writes: "I have encouraged virtually all of my patients to read this book and follow Campbell's advice. This book offers hope to those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984295524
Publisher:	CFIDS & Fibromyalgia Self-Help Program
Publication date:	02/04/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. Campbell is the creator and first Executive Director (1998-2014) of the CFIDS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help Program, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that offers low-cost online self-help courses and other resources for people affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). The organization has offered more than 300 self-management classes since its founding in 1998 and maintains a website with hundreds of articles and other resources. A recovered CFS patient, Dr. Campbell is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California. Before becoming ill with CFS, he worked in the Patient Education program at the Stanford Medical School
Dr. Lapp is the Director of the Hunter-Hopkins Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the few medical practices in the United States to specialize in treating CFS, fibromyalgia and related disorders. Dr. Lapp has treated people with CFS and FM for over 25 years. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York. He completed residencies in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since 1982, he has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Duke University. He has served on the CFS advisory committee reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. He co-authored the CDC course on CFS for medical professionals and the Medscape program on diagnosing and treating CFS. Dr. Lapp is one of only two people to be given the Outstanding Clinician Award by the IACFS/ME (International Association for CFS/ME), an organization of leading researchers and doctors.

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Part 1 Getting Started 1 Understanding Your Situation 2 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 3 Fibromyalgia 4 Treatment Options Part A: Fatigue and Pain Part B: Sleep and Cognitive Problems Part 2 Learning Self-Management Skills 5 Becoming a Self-Manager 6 Goals and Targets 7 Logs and Worksheets 8 Making Mental Adjustments 9 Getting Medical Help Part 3 Pacing 10 Pacing vs. Push and Crash 11 Finding Your Energy Envelope 12 Pacing Strategies 13 Achieving Consistency 14 Overcoming Obstacles to Pacing 15 Special Events: Managing Travel, the Holidays, etc. 16 Minimizing Relapses 17 Exercise 18 Expanding the Envelope Part 4 Managing Stress and Addressing Feelings 19 Managing Stress 20 Addressing Feelings Part 5 Recasting Relationships 21 Eight Ways to Improve Relationships 22 Family and Couples Issues 23 Building a Support Network 24 How Family and Friends Can Help Part 6 Finding Hope 25 Moving Beyond Loss to a New Life