Running on Empty: The Complete Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)

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Summary: A full approach to living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Review: I feel this book was full of information; in which helps everyone! It's not always easy to make the right choices, when you're not well. This book's advise (along with my favorite doctor; Daniel L. Peterson, M.D.) gives PWC hope, compassion, and most of all, understanding!

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Summary: Running On Empty
Review: If you think you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also referred to as CFIDS-Chronic Fatigue Immume Disfunction Syndrone, or have been diagnosed with CFIDS, THEN THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. When I got this book, I said "Hooray, I'm not just lazy and crazy". I cannot begin to say how much better I felt after reading this book. It didn't help my symptoms, but it let me know why I had these symptoms. Chronic Fatigue is such an undiagnosable disease that most physicians think that you are just crazy, a hypochondriac, or they misdiagnose you and put you through hundreds of dollars worth of tests. Even when I was diagnosed with it, my other doctors refused to believe it. It was not until my husband saw an Olympic contestant talk about her battle with CFIDS and how she hoped she had a "good" day on the day of her performance that he then understood what I was going through, and he became my main supporter.

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Summary: Great for PWC and their family members!!
Review: This book is not only informative for the patient, but helps family members truly understand this illness. I was touched deeply by this book because I felt the author truly understood me and my illness. It gives great insight for the family members and helps them to understand all the ramifcations of this devastating illness.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book may be getting a bit dated, but it's still among the best resources available on CFIDS. Many CFIDS self help guides read like advertisements for their authors, but not so with "Running on Empty". I'm hoping that Dr. Berne will offer an updated edition sometime soon. If/when she does, I'll be back to order my copy (to replace the old, dog-eared one I passed along to someone who needed it more than I did).

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Summary: Running On Empty Revised Edition 1995 by Katrina Berne PH.D
Review: This is by far the best book I have read on CFIDS. Would recommend it to everyone. As the other reviewer states, it was written in 1995 but science hasn't brought us a cause or cure since that time, so it is still a very valuable book on ALL aspects of this illness. The author is writing from experience...as she has CFIDS. Book is very informative, she's very relatable, and she shows a deep understanding of the challenge in living with this life changing illness. A truly outstanding book! Read this one.