Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: One Person’s Story

Bruce Campbell, PhD, founded the CFIDS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help Program (now known as the ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Self-Help Program), a non-profit organization that offers a suite of low-cost and free self-help courses over the Internet, plus two websites that contain more than 700 pages of resources for people with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. The organization was founded in 1998 and has conducted more than 600 self-help classes and groups. Dr. Campbell is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a PhD from the University of California.

I came down with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) over a few days in 1997, dropping from fully healthy to 25% of normal. Over four years, I gradually returned to the same level of health I
had before becoming sick and have remained healthy now (2018) for more than a decade and a half. I share my story in the hope that others may find in it both encouragement and practical
strategies. The story reflects my belief that how we live with chronic illness can change its effects and even its course.

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