Further Reading Suggestions
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.