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