Adequate rest is essential for good outcomes in CFS & fibromyalgia. After years of sleepless nights my sleep toolbox doth overflow! Here are 5 evidenced-based strategies that I have found to be most effective.

Melatonin has a long history of use and is recognized as a safe alternative for sleep. But with all of the other effects perhaps we should consider regular supplementation as part of a health-promoting lifestyle.

In 2009 I stumbled across a little book that changed my life. The title left me skeptical but I felt like I was at the end of my rope. I tried everything but now I was in the middle of the worst relapse I’d ever experienced in my decade diagnosis with CFS. I was scared—really scared. I knew that CFS leaves some bedridden and I was only 25 years old.