Planet Thrive

chronic fatigue syndrome

• ANS REWIRE
  Dan Neuffer's ANS REWIRE offers an alternative to the existing brain retraining recovery programs for ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and related syndromes.
• Jen Brea’s Unrest and the Troubled Language of Languor: Part 2
  Part 2 of Peggy Munson's critical review of the film Unrest by Jen Brea.
• Jen Brea’s Unrest and the Troubled Language of Languor: Part 1
  Part 1 of a critical review of the movie Unrest by author and ME patient/activist Peggy Munson.
• Ashok Gupta’s US Tour, November 2016
  Ashok Gupta is offering his brain retraining workshop in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles next month.
• Universities to research neural retraining effects on brain
  Exciting news: Two Canadian universities will be researching the effectiveness of the DNRS on people who suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FMS)!
• Virtual Environmental Sensitivities Symposium March 23
  Save the Date! Lucinda Curran of Eco Health Solutions (Australia) has put together an amazing collection of speakers for a virtual 8-day symposium on Environmental Sensitivities.
• Meditation decreases gray-matter density in the amygdala
  Eight weeks of meditation produces measurable changes in the brain, correlating to decreased levels of stress and anxiety and increased memory.
• The illusion of control
  by Diana Rose Kottle | It is an illusion to think we have control over the outcome of anything and yet we are more powerful as creators of our own reality than we could even imagine. This is the paradox.
• Brain retraining recovery stories
  A running list of success stories to help encourage those in the middle of brain retraining programs for MCS, CFS and related conditions.
• Linda Worthington’s MCS, EHS, CFS recovery story
  A 70's-something woman from Maryland makes sweeping lifestyle changes, practices medical qigong, and devotes herself to both the Gupta and Hopper brain retraining programs in order to recover her health.
• Brain retrainers: Stop with the “Stop, stop, stop!”
  A creative group of committed brain retrainers share their list of alternatives to the "Stop, stop, stop!" phrase used in some of the NLP-based brain retraining programs for chemical sensitivity and other limbic system impairment syndromes.
• What to eat when you can’t cook anything: Strategies for the chronically fatigued
  by Candice | The room is spinning, your legs feel like jello, you've got an ice-pick headache and it feels like someone whacked you in the stomach with a ping pong paddle... And it's time to make breakfast.
• What to eat when you can’t eat anything: Little Miss Sunbuttershine
  by Candice | Sunbutter is an alternative to nut butter, made entirely of ground sunflower seeds. The first time I tasted it, I declared that it was sunshine in a jar.
• What to eat when you can’t eat anything: Replacing forbidden favorites
  by Candice | Sometimes, just occasionally...for a few moments...I really just want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
• Art show detailing environmental illness gets great press
  Performance artist Monet Clark's most recent show, "California Girl" at the Krowswork Gallery in Oakland, California is getting great reviews.
• My notes on the Byron White lyme disease interview
  Late stage lyme patient Candice shares her notes from the very informative September 4 Blog Talk Radio interview with Byron White Formulas founder, Byron White.
• Annie Hopper’s DNRS™ DVD kit now available
  Annie Hopper has just announced the release of her 14-hour Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ (DNRS™) DVD series to her newsletter subscribers.
• New blog focused on brain retraining for MCS, CFS, FMS
  LimbicRetraining.com is a new satellite blog created by Planet Thrive that will focus exclusively on neural reconditioning for MCS, CFS, FMS, and related conditions.
• Vote today for CFS research – only a few days left
  by Cort Johnson | Chase Community Giving has given CFS research a kind of life line; a chance to win some big money in a time of dearth and to put that money directly into the hands of excellent researchers.
• Continuing the work of Share, Care and Prayer
  Although Janet Dauble, the founder of Share, Care and Prayer, passed away recently, her work will continue on.
• Peggy Munson’s new campaign to eradicate XMRV
  Just launched: The EXIT Project (Eradicate XMRV Infection Today), is a broad-based group of individuals who do ACT-UP style actions to raise awareness about ME/CFS/XMRV.
• The best offense is a good offense: what we need to learn from AIDS
  by Peggy Munson | ...ME/CFS patients have tended to get sucked into what domestic violence activists call the “cycle of violence,” believing the bullies’ lies that they will change...
• Study on Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ published
  Ashok Gupta has announced the publication of the Clinical Audit Study this month on Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ treatments for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and MCS.
• Life as art: healing from CFS, FMS, and MCS
  How does one go from twelve years in a wheelchair and mostly bedridden to walking, world traveling, working, and riding a bike?
• CFS/FMS with lyme
  Dear Stephen, I have chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. My lyme test was negative but I have enough symptoms along with high virus counts, etc. that your lyme herbs seemed worth a try.
• Energy Revitalization contraindicated with antidepressants?
  If someone is using an anti-depressant medication like Celexa or Prozac do you feel that taking the Energy Revitalization supplement can cause a harmful serotonin overload?
• Herbal remedies for mycoplasma and chlamydia
  I am taking an antibacterial/anti fungal herbal mix (goldenseal, cat’s claw, pau d’arco, plus a few others) and would like to know if they would have an effect on mycoplasma or chlamydia.
• New movie: What about ME?
  There is a new feature length documentary in production with a release date of 2011 that tells the political history of myalgic encephalomyelitis. You can help get the movie completed.
• Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining
  The Mayo Clinic is conducting a pilot study of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS).
• We, Tuskegee?
  Severe ME/CFS/MCS patient Peggy Munson was hospitalized, near death, after the Ice Storm of December 11, 2008 and ensuing 3-day power outage. She remembers today, one year later.
• Dr. Oz Features ME/CFS and XMRV
  On Thursday, December 3, Dr. Oz spoke with Donnica Moore, MD, as well as a recovered patient and shared an animation video showing how the virus incorporates itself into the DNA within our cells.
• CFS/ME and XMRV on Doctor Oz Tomorrow
  Dr. Mehmet Oz will be featuring CFS/ME on his talk show this Thursday, December 3, 2009. Check local listings for times.
• Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays
  by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. | Unable to attend family holiday celebrations due to chronic illness? Here are some tips for making the holiday season a time to look forward to no matter what your circumstance.
• Dr. Oz show to feature CFS/ME and XMRV
  Mehmet Oz, M.D. will be focusing on the XMRV discovery and its implications for CFS/ME sufferers in an upcoming show. Want to share your story?
• Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
  Salvador López Arnal interviews Eva Caballé, Spanish author and MCS activist, about her new book "Desaparecida. Una vida rota por la sensibilidad química múltiple" ("Missing. A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities").
• Recovered CFS/ME Patient Goes to Washington, D.C.
  Recovered CFS/ME patient Mike Dessin offers his testimony to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) in Washington, D.C.
• Ashok Gupta Interview
  Planet Thrive founder Julie Genser interviews Ashok Gupta to get a more in-depth view into the Amygdala Retraining™ Program for CFS/ME and related disorders.
• Fly Away to XAND-ado, or Where Is Elaine DeFreitas?
  CFS/ME patient-activist Peggy Munson's latest missive urges other CFS/ME patients to Tweet, post on Facebook and use other accessible forms of activism to keep the XMRV conversation going.
• How XMRV Retrovirus Findings May Fit With The Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS
  Ashok Gupta has written a draft medical paper which explains how the recent XMRV findings fit with his Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia.
• Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain
  Annie Hopper's Dynamic Neural Retraining System offers new hope to those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, and related conditions