Suze C,

My 15 year old daughter came down with CFS in late November 2006. Her fatigue and brain fog was so overwhelming that she couldn''t return to school and will have to repeat 10th grade. We went from our family doctor (who thought that it's just a teenage girl's emotional problem) to 2 neurologists, allergist, accupuncturist, endocronoligist, Homeopath, etc. We ended up at Dr. Paul St. Amand's office, an endocronoligist and fibro specialist in Los Angeles, who told us that CFS and fibro are one and the same. He also has fibromyalgia. He's world renowned and I think he's going to be our answer. Jett (my daughter) had almost no pain, so we were very surprised that her CFS was really fibromyalgia. Check www.fibromyalgiatreatment.com.

It's been a very difficult road with lots of dead ends. The reason I was on this website is because Dr. St. A told her that a low carb diet would be helpful to increase her energy and to help the brain fog. I think that it's working. His understanding of the origin of the disease is completely different that anything else out there. I still don't know if I buy into it, but it seems to be working. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to email me. Best of luck on your journey.