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Resources & Info for Dr's

We all owe a huge thank you to Colleen for the amount of work put into this list. Started May 2014 and updated as needed.

Resources - Info for Doctors, Family, and Friends

By Colleen Steckel on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 12:37pm

QUESTIONNAIRE to help see if you fit the International Consensus Criteria for ME

EDUCATIONAL LINKS FOR DOCTORS AND CARERS:

SADLY it looks like the treatment center has taken down their information after Lerner's death. If anyone finds these videos elsewhere, please let me know. :( Write-up on Lerner's protocol: http://cfstreatment.blogspot.com/2015/04/dr-martin-lerners-treatment-protocol.html?showComment=1440416613798

DESCRIPTION OF MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS FROM SOMEONE WITH SEVERE M.E.

EXCELLENT CHARTS WITH LINKS TO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON M.E./CFS https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Dn3IXWlI9fTGdpSjkzcmtWRUU/view

EASY TO READ BROCHURES, FACT SHEETS and links to Videos:

GOOD FORM FOR FILLING OUT BEFORE GOING TO ANY DOCTOR:

INFORMATION ABOUT EXERCISE INTOLERANCE FROM EXPERT DOCTORS & RESEARCH

Mark VanNess EXCELLENT videos explaining metabolic, cardiovascular, and pulmonary system impairment. (These are long but WELL WORTH the time.)

Short explanation of the Workwell 2 day CPET test

Note: She gives a website address, but I understand she is now at the Workwell Foundation (http://www.workwellfoundation.org/)

Video by Dr. Bell at Open Medicine Foundation: The audio on here is pretty bad but at about 30 minutes is some good information about blood volume, Vo2 Max, and oxygen. http://www.openmedicinefoundation.org/2016/03/22/dr-david-bell-joins-omf-scientific-advisory-board/

RESOURCES FOR VARIOUS SPECIALISTS NEUROLOGISTS INFO:

  • Right Arcuate Fasciculus Abnormality in CFS

CARDIOLOGISTS INFO:

Because many of us also suffer from POTS a cardiologist familiar with POTS might be a better choice.

IMMUNOLOGIST INFO: (From IDF - Immune Deficiency Foundation)

DENTIST INFO

ANESTHESIOLOGIST/GP BEFORE SURGERY INFO

OPTOMETRISTS INFO

PSYCHIATRIST INFO

I have read this through and it is an excellent article to help psychiatrists understand the physical nature of this illness and help guide them toward helpful care and DOES NOT promote the idea this is a psychiatric disease. http://sacfs.asn.au/download/guidelines_psychiatrists.pdf

GOOD ARTICLES FOR SHARING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Unfortunately some symptoms are caused by medication. This is an excellent resource listing a lot of commonly used medications. I think all doctors should provide an informed consent form when prescribing a medication.

Organizations I have confidence hold good material:

Understanding the name change from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and why it should go back to M.E. and CFS should be dropped.

http://paradigmchange.me/wp/mecfs/

STAGES OF ILLNESS AND HEART FUNCTION

A LOT OF LINKS AND EXCELLENT INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE ILLNESS IN ONE PLACE

http://voicesfromtheshadowsfilm.co.uk/me-cfs-and-research/

STUDIES ON MEDICAL ABNORMALITIES IN ME

http://paradigmchange.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/M.E.-and-Medical-Abnormalities-Plain.pdf

POTS and Dysautonomia

These are often symptoms of M.E.

CARERS:

Helpful guide for those caring for someone with SEVERE M.E.

CHILDREN:

Document referencing data useful for children taken from parents by children's services

LDN - LOW DOSE NALTREXONE:

This has a lot of useful information about using LDN: https://sites.google.com/site/sideeffectsanddosingofldn/

Historical resource for researchers, advocates, patients

IN DEPTH DOCUMENT about M.E.:

Thirty Years of Disdain - How HHS Buried M.E. -

by Mary Dimmock and Matthew Lazell-Fairman (May 2015) -

I suggest going to the summary on page 138.

Clinical and Scientific Basis of ME (1992)

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