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Guest author Ingebjorg Dahl shows you how to use pacing to smooth out the CFIDS roller coaster.

Depression is common in long-term illness. This article by Lisa Lorden Myers offers ideas for coping when life seems hopeless.

Ideas on how to connect with other patients and how to locate physicians.

How FM patient Joan Buchman uses routine to control symptoms.

Your success in managing long-term illness also depends on your coping skills and attitude. This article shows you some keys to successful adaptation.

Self-management also means learning how to work well with doctors and other health-care providers. This article suggests how to make your medical visits productive.

How chronic illness differs from short-term illness; tools for understanding your unique situation; information resources.

Your first responsibility is to gather information so you can make informed, intelligent decisions. This article gives you basic facts about ME/CFS and fibromyalgia.

Yvonne Bond's account of how her decision to stop working led to a new and better life.

Five strategies for avoiding setbacks.

How to expand your activity level without increasing symptoms.

ME/CFS/FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers explains how writing can improve your health.

How a man from the UK experienced significant improvement using an approach similar to ours.

ME/CFS and FM writer Lisa Lorden Myers sings the praises of daytime rest.

Lynn Humphreys describes how she improved her life when she started living with P.R.I.D.E.: pacing, rest, information, delegating and enjoyment.

By focusing on the many practical things she could do to feel better, Jana Murrell-Maxfield made a successful adaptation to fibromyalgia.

Fibromyangia patient Kathy Gamble describes the many strategies she used to create a good life with FM.

Describes our first online class. (First published in the CFIDS Chronicle.)

Gives an overview of the course and describes the results of the first groups. Published originally in the CFIDS Chronicle.

Joan Buchman's account of how lifestyle changes and mental adjustments led to a fulfilling life with chronic illness.