The ME/CFS Society of NSW Inc.

Listed below are some recommended books about ME/CFS and related illnesses. The Society's library catalogue may give additional information such as ISBN and place of publication.

CFS/ME - TURNING DISABILITY TOWARDS ABILITY
Dr Don Lewis, 2003.

THE CFIDS/FIBROMYALGIA TOOLKIT: A PRACTICAL SELF-HELP GUIDE
Bruce F Campbell, PhD, 2001
Library Catalogue Number: 9

LIVING WITH M.E - A Self Help Guide (2nd Edition)
Dr Charles Shepard - Cedar Books UK 1992
Library Catalogue Number: 53

ENERGY IN THE RED:- LIVING WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME"
Jacqueline Finch - P.0 Box 868 Leichhardt NSW 2040, Australia
Excellent review, foreword by Professor John Dwyer. Author has ME/CFS.
Library Catalogue Number: 58

THE DOCTOR'S GUIDE TO CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
Dr David Bell - Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994
Library Catalogue Number: 19

THE DISEASE OF A THOUSAND NAMES
Dr David Bell - Pollard Publications, Lyndonville 1991
(Available in Australia only through ME/CFS Societies)
Excellent review. Gives history of illness and describes the different theories about it in language the lay person can follow.
Library Catalogue Number: 36

UNDERSTANDING CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
Alastair Jackson, 2000.
Library Catalogue Number: 20

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME: CRITICAL REVIEWS AND CLINICAL ADVANCES
K Meirleir, 2000
Library Catalogue Number: 41

POST VIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME - HOW TO LIVE WITH IT (2nd Edition)
Dr Anne MacIntyre Unwin Hyman Paperbacks UK 1992

WHY M.E? - A GUIDE TO COMBATING POST-VIRAL DISEASE
Dr B Dawes & Dr D Downing - Grafton Books UK 1989
Discusses their treatment for ME/CFS at specialised clinics in London devoted to nutritional and allergic treatment.

UNDERSTANDING M.E: THE PHENOMENON OF MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS AND ACUTE ONSET POST VIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME.
Dr David Smith - UK 1989
Available in Australia through Lothian Books, Port Melbourne.

RUNNING ON EMPTY
Katrina H. Beme - UK 1992- Hunter House, California USA

CURING FATIGUE: A STEP BY STEP PLAN TO UNCOVER AND ELIMINATE THE CAUSE OF CHRONIC FATIGUE
Dr David S. Bell - Rodale Press, Pennsylvania, USA 1993.

FIGHTING FATIGUE AND THE CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
Dr Ian Brighthope - McCulloch Publishing Australia 1990

TOXIC CHEMICAL-FREE LIVING AND RECOVERING FROM ME/CFS
Trixie Whitmore - Sally Milner Publishing- Australia 1990
This author has had it herself.

THE LAND OF WALKING TREES: MEDITATIONS FOR THE SERIOUSLY ILL
Michael Hansen - SJ Collins Dove, Melbourne
Excellent review, very inspirational.