Fibromyalgia, An Empath's Guide to Recovery
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Hello Reader,
People ask me, "What's a nice Jewish doctor like you doing in a field like fibromyalgia?" My answer? "I got into it the old-fashioned way. I had the illness."
I grew up as a highly empathic child in a family of Auschwitz concentration camp survivors. It almost destroyed me. To survive childhood, I had to go through my "I am a rock, I am an island" phase where I shut down almost all of my feelings.
When I got to medical school, my family imploded. As is often the case with empaths, I mistakenly took on the role of peacemaker in the midst of a psychotic conversation. I came down with a nasty viral syndrome that simply would not go away. After several months, I could no longer function and had to drop out of medical school. As I was paying my own way, this left me homeless and sleeping in parks.
But it was as if the universe hung a "Holistic Homeless Medical School" sign on my park bench. Energy workers, naturopaths, herbalists, and a wide array of other health practitioners found their way sitting next to me on the park bench. They taught me bits and pieces of what I needed to learn to recover. If they happened to have a pizza with them, I even ate that day.
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CFS/FMS-Friendly Recipe: Dandelion Tonic/Coffee Substitute
Here's another great CFS/fibromyalgia-friendly dish from one of my favorite nutritionists, Lauren Hoover-West.
Lauren's Dandelion Tonic/Coffee Substitute
This tasty and healthy drink supports your liver and helps you detoxify toxins and excess estrogen. You'll sleep better when your liver is supported. If you wake at 3 AM, that just might be your liver!
Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. is one of the world's leading integrative medical authorities on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. He is the lead author of eight research studies on their effective treatments, and has published numerous health & wellness books, including the bestseller on fibromyalgia From Fatigued to Fantastic! and The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution. Dr. Teitelbaum is one of the most frequently quoted fibromyalgia experts in the world and appears often as a guest on news and talk shows nationwide including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends, CNN, and Fox News Health.
