Helpful Books about CFIDS, FMS, and Chronic Illness in General
| Title | Author | ISBN | Notes |
| Curing Fatigue | David S. Bell, MD, and Stef Donev | 0-425-14983-8 | Great suggestions! Really good book! |
| The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | David S. Bell, MD | 0-201-40797-3 | Give a copy of this to an uninformed physician! |
| The Alternative Medicine Guide to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, & Environmental Illness | Burton Goldberg and the Editors of Alternative Medicine Digest | 1-887299-11-4 | This is a wonderfully helpful book with definitions of allopathic and holistic terms and procedures as well as contact info for the professionals it features. |
| The Four Levels of Healing: A Guide to Balancing the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical Aspects of Life | Shakti Gawain | 1577310993 | I borrowed this book from a friend and liked it very much. It helped me to deal with the realities of being chronically ill and focus on what I am going to do about being ill instead of why I am ill. That has been an important distinction for me! |
| Why People Don't Heal and How They Can | Caroline Myss, PhD | 0-609-60090-7 | This book has helped me work through some of the guilt I have around my illness, and contains invaluable suggestions about how to approach illness from a spiritual standpoint. I thank my friend Carol Morris, who gave the book to me. |