Self-Management
How to improve your quality of life by taking an active role
in your care.
Eight
Steps to a Better Life
A series on how to create a self-management plan.
Four
Pillars of Self-Management
A
four-part series on how to help yourself when you have a long-term
illness.
Living Well with Long-Term
Illness: The Role of Self-Management
The
skills and attitudes needed to live successfully with Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome or fibromyalgia.
Managing Your Medications
Five common problems and what to do about
them.
Non-Drug Treatments
for Pain: Nine
Strategies
While medications are often used for pain, alternative
approaches can be helpful as well.
The
Power of Self-Help
Research has shown self-help to be a powerful
tool for managing chronic illness. (First article in the series Ten
Keys to Successful Coping.)
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use is non-commercial (e.g. support group newsletter), the article
is used in its entirety and the source is credited as CFIDS/Fibromyalgia
Self-Help: www.cfidsselfhelp.org/
