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This article is from the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) FAQ, by cfs-news@cais.com (Roger Burns) with numerous contributions by others.

2.17 How does CFS relate specifically to fibromyalgia?

Many people believe these may be the same illness, as discussed in the
previous question above. However, CFS researcher Dr. Paul Cheney notes
that CFS patients have a strong intolerance for exercise, while for
fibromyalgia patients, exercise is recommended as being
therapeutic. An article by Dr. Muhammed Yunus discusses a comparison
between these two conditions -- see Appendix 1.

There is a patients discussion group for fibromyalgia on Internet and
Usenet, and there are web pages and information files available. To
find fibromyalgia information on the web, you can begin by exploring
the links at http://www.cfs-news.org/fibro.htm. The discussion group
is available on Usenet as newsgroup alt.med.fibromyalgia. It can be
followed as a mailing list by sending the command SUB FIBROM-L
YourFirstName YourLastName as an e-mail message to the address
LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU. There are fibromyalgia FAQs for patients, for
doctors, and a help file about pain, all available by e-mail. To
obtain them, create an e-mail message which says

GET FIBROM-L PT-FAQ GET FIBROM-L MD-FAQ GET FM-PAIN HANDOUT

and send to address LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU.

 

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