• Alleviating Guilty Feelings
- Identifying sources of guilt
- How acceptance of your losses and the grieving process help you understand feelings of guilt
- Four coping specialists offer over a dozen suggestions on how you can work with the people you care about to resolve your guilty feelings
• Impaired Memory ... distractions may play a role
- Pinpointing memory impairments in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients may depend upon which standardize test is used
- Tests that involve an element of distraction validate the types of cognitive dysfunction that occur in FMS
• Yoga for Stretching the Muscles and Relaxing the Mind
- One physician/researcher explains the physiological mechanisms of how yoga may improve fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome (FMS/CFS)
- The types of yoga that are appropriate for people with FMS/CFS
- How deep breathing helps relax the muscles
- Suggestions from two yoga instructors on how to get the most out of using videos and books to learn yoga
- How to find a good teacher that can accommodate your FMS/CFS
- How-to instructions and illustrations on simple yoga moves that do not require flexibility
- Determining the best time to practice and how to chart your progress
• Rashes and Skin Sensitivities in FMS
- Two physicians describe the most common types of rashes and skin irritations that they encounter in their FMS/CFS patients
- Treating various types of skin conditions with hydrocortisone, topical nitrates (Nitrol), calcium channel blockers and sildenafil (Viagra)
• Restless Legs Syndrome
- Review of diagnostic criteria and symptoms commonly associated with RLS
- Periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) and the periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) as a specific diagnosis
- How and why low iron, as well as antidepressant therapy, can aggravate RLS
- Treatment options and suggestions on when to take your meds (L-dopa, Mirapex, Requip, Neurontin, Klonopin, opioids)
• Systemic Use of Lidocaine for Fibromyalgia Pain
- Why lidocaine offers a different pain treatment concept
- Theories on how it works and common side effects
- Two clinicians provide their treatment perspectives on systemic lidocaine
• Q&A with three M.D.s
- Fibro-friendly meds for high blood pressure
- Links between adult ADD and FMS
- Sciatic pain
• Oral Appliances for the Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing ... now patients have a choice!
- How CPAP and oral appliances (OA) work
- The pros and cons of each therapy
- Implications of new treatment guidelines, including the roles of the sleep physician and dentist
- What to expect from OA therapy
• Therapies That Work ... three patients offer their input
- OA corrects sleep disorder, reduces pain
- Yoga improves function and outlook on life
- Systemic lidocaine helps one woman avoid disability
• Free bonus articles for Members only: SLEEP - Back to the Chalkboard (describes apnea and airway resistance); Relaxation Breathing

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