| Naturally, the first and most important | | | | will need to contact one of the national |
| criteria is to find a doctor who is familiar | | | | organizations and ask how to contact a |
| with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. One of the | | | | support group in your area.If there are no |
| problems of CFS is that its symptoms can be | | | | CFS- knowledgeable doctors in your area, you |
| so similar to other illnesses such as | | | | may have to find an out-of-town specialist. |
| autoimmune illnesses, cancer, hepatitis, | | | | Such specialists may be listed in the |
| diabetes, and so forth. So, if you do not | | | | newsletter of your national CFS |
| have a doctor that is CFS knowledgeable, you | | | | organization.If you like your own doctor and |
| may not be diagnosed correctly and could lose | | | | he or she is sympathetic but not |
| out on getting treatments that would benefit | | | | knowledgeable about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, |
| you.Your best source for finding doctors in | | | | you might find some medical articles which |
| your area who are familiar with FCS is a | | | | discuss CFS treatments and give them to your |
| support group as its members can tell you | | | | doctor to review.Douglas Hanna is the editor |
| which doctors they are using that are CFS | | | | and publisher of the web site, He is also |
| knowledgeable and have been helpful. If you | | | | an expert author who has written more than |
| cannot find a local CFS support group, you | | | | 125 articles on a variety of subjects. |