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
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