Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, and Related Neural Network Disorders (The Haworth Library ... Networks in Health & Illness +)

The guy that gave this book a one star rating is moron. I have had MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities) since 1978. MCS overlaps with CFS and FM. I have tried just about everything anyone has suggested over the last 30 years. Absolutely NOTHING helped at all. Not even a little bit. Then I discovered Goldstein's work and found a doctor that followed his methods (Dr. Seastrunk). He put me on high doses of Neurontin along... Read Full Review

I have read Dr. Goldstein's book twice, six months apart, and if I read it again, will probably glean even more from it.THis book is excellent, well- written, but not especially for the lay person. For the lay person, the Companion Volume written by a patient is more appropriate.

After 11 years of battling this illness, 5 surgeries, consultations with doctors from top medical centers in the US, I was fortunate enough to find Dr. Goldstein. Although the book is difficult reading (and reading is not easy for us with this disorder due to cognitive problems), his results are spectacular and he has probably defined a new class of disease: neurosomatic disorders, for which some experts feel he deserves... Read Full Review

This book is written for physicians and researchers. Although it is tough reading for the average lay person, if you can get through it, it offers the first information and real help for people with FMS that I have found in ten years. This text does not tell you how to live with FMS but offers a real way to live without it.Basically Dr. Goldstein treats FMS as a central nervous system disorder, rather than a collection of... Read Full Review