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I have a friend who asked me what book to read to understand ME/CFS and “the situation”. They are not a medical professional or psychiatrist, they are just an average educated person who wants to “learn about” ME/CFS. I really have no clue what to send them. I’d preferably like something that...

I wasn’t able to find a thread for E-readers specifically. This can be a general thread, but I’m also currently looking for recommendations and experiences. I want to try an e-reader because I like to read but I struggle to hold the book. I plan on propping it up with something or using a...

Just some small news that I found encouraging to see. In the first chapter of the new book How to be disabled and proud (or at least kinda sorta okay with it) by Cathy Rea, which is a guide for disabled kids/youngsters, ME/CFS is mentioned as an example of chronic illness. ("Chronic illnesses...

https://wapo.st/4iQGkKN Ask questions, especially ‘What else could this be?’
 Doctors increasingly face relentless time pressures, which may facilitate diagnostic errors. Common pitfalls include stereotyping, in which a doctor makes a snap judgment based on negative characteristics, and...

Kornstein H, Rogers EL. When postviral goes viral. How to be disabled in a pandemic [Book]. New York Univ Press. 2025 Feb 25:191. https://nyupress.org/9781479830855/how-to-be-disabled-in-a-pandemic/...

Chronische polysymptomatische Syndrome Chapter First Online: 31 December 2024 pp 177–186 translation Summary This chapter discusses a selection of polysymptomatic syndromes that are relevant in the neurological and neurorehabilitation context. All of the syndromes discussed here are the...

Several threads have been merged into this thread https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-44085954

Dr. Walter Tarello Gatekeeper Press, 5 Sept 2024 - Health & Fitness - 356 pages Chronic Fatigue is the authentic, fascinating and riveting account of the author’s journey in the ‘heart of darkness’ of modern medicine, the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis...

review by Elke Hausmann GP full article here https://bjgplife.com/book-review-the-ladys-handbook-for-her-mysterious-illness/ see also thread https://www.s4me.info/threads/article-mystery-illnesses-are-on-the-rise-with-women-whom-doctors-are-dismissing-as-nervous-nellies-apr-2020.14536

Independent The Reading List: There’s Nothing Wrong With Her describes the unique hell of long Covid After writing a bestselling mystery novel, Kate Weinberg found herself in a plotless place with no neat, obvious ending: suffering the torturous, confusing ordeal of long Covid. Now she’s turned...

https://reading-well.org.uk/ this was the list of books for LTC in 2020 https://tra-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/entries/document/2311/RWLTC_booklist_overview.pdf which included Chalder and Burgess' book "Overcoming Chronic Fatigue" and advertises itself as A Books on Prescription...

Reading the opening chapter of Jennifer Lunden’s “American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life,” I recognized myself: a college student beset with debilitating fatigue and diagnosed with mononucleosis that was supposed to...

New academic book edited by Leonard Jason & Charles Lapp, "Understanding the Behavioral & Medical Impact of #LongCOVID: An Empirical Guide to Assessment & Treatment of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS CoV-2 Infection"...

On sale 21st August 2023 Price: £26.99 https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/michelle-bull/a-physiotherapists-guide-to-understanding-and-managing-mecfs/9781839971433/

Workplace culture in a capitalist society constantly demands more of us. A new book suggests that most revolutionary response could be to just stop Reviewed here Rest is Resistance: A Manifsto by Tricia Hersey (RRP: £16.99) A History of Fatigue: From the Middle Ages to the Present by Georges...

The full book is available free here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melvin-Lobo/publication/344873951_Postural_Tachycardia_Syndrome/links/5f959882458515b7cf9ce397/Postural-Tachycardia-Syndrome.pdf

I thought I would set up a thread on this

The LC survival guide is a a peer-to-peer advice book, edited by Fiona Lowenstein. https://theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fall-2022/long-covid-survival-guide/ Events will take place for its release (one of which will be hosted by @dave30th )

Book https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-long-haul-ryan-prior/1140976265

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/05/electrifying-book-about-women-with-disabilities-sells-for-six-figures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other