The PHOENIX RISING ME/CFS Quiz #2 - Answers (March 2007)
1. The orthomolecular specialist Dr. Murphee wrote that
‘increasing X levels is beneficial for 95% of my patients” What was he
referring to?
The neurotransmitter serotonin. Dr. Murphree typically uses the 5-HTP
supplement to increase serotonin in his chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
and fibromyalgia patients. Learn more about 5-HTP
and ME/CFS. .
2. What do Dr. Bateman, Dr. Bested and Dr. Klimas all agree is the most
essential symptom to treat in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)?
Sleep - check out the Sleep
Section on this website
3. In From Fatigued to Fantastic, Dr. Teitelbaum, a well known chronic
fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) physician states that at times he uses small doses
of up to how many different prescription drugs in order to get his patients
to sleep?
Six - learn about sleep
prescription drugs and ME/CFS.
4. Who is the one patient advocate on the CFS Federal Advisory Committee and
which group does she come from?
Rebecca Artman is associated with the PANDORA support/advocacy group based
in Florida. See the CFSAC summaries on this website.
5. Which of these prominent chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) physicians
does not a have personal connection to ME/CFS? Dr. Teitelbaum/Dr.
Bateman/Dr. Chia/Dr. Friedberg
None of them; Dr. Teitelbaum had ME/CFS, Dr. Friedberg, a clinical
psychologist, still has ME/CFS, Dr. Bateman’s sister had ME/CFS and Dr.
Chia’s son, who’s largely recovered, did as well.
6. The Whittemore-Peterson Neuro-immune Institute is the first private/state
research/education CFS institute in the U.S. Harvey and Annette Whittemore
make up the Whittemore part; who does Peterson refer to?
Along with Paul Cheney Dr. Daniel Peterson was at ground zero of the Incline
Village ‘outbreak’ in the mid 1980’s that propelled chronic fatigue syndrome
(ME/CFS) onto the national scene. He has been treating ME/CFS patients ever since.
The Whittemore-Peterson Institute
will open in 2010.
7. Which dynamic new ME/CFS Support group got Senator Orrin Hatch to open
and close one of their conferences?
The OFFER organization founded by Dr. Lucinda Bateman and based in Salt Lake
City.
8. “I Had a Mind Like a Steel Trap, and I Ended Up With a Colander for a
Brain" – What CFS-like disease was this person referring to?
A significant percentage of post-cancer patients exhibit CFS-like symptoms
including what they call ‘chemo-brain’. They also display a number of
similar laboratory findings. For more check out the
2007 March/April issue of Phoenix Rising.
9. What national leader not only works on ME/CFS but also married the son of
a prominent ME/CFS patient?
Kim McCleary, the CEO and President of the CFIDS Association of America.
(1) Dr. Bateman’s
OFFER ME/CFS/FM organization
(Organization for Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Education and Research)
(2) At the
(3) In a startlingly honest statement Dr. John Agwunobi,
the Asst. Secretary of Health, told the federal advisory committee for
(4) The founder of the
Vermont CFIDS Association,
Rik Carlson, is a huge cat lover.
(5). Lynne Matallana and Karen Lee Richards first met
in person in Los Angeles in 2000, three years after forming the
National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA). Lynne and Karen met
through an online chat group. The NFA is now the largest nonprofit
organization working to support people with fibromyalgia and other chronic
pain illnesses
(6). The third edition of “From Fatigued to Fantastic” by Dr. Teitelbaum has just been released. From Fatigued to Fantastic was first published in 1997.
(7)
In the Nov.
2006 issue of Lyndonville News Dr. David Bell reported that
Intravenous saline was “all things
considered, it is the most effective treatment for severe ME/
(8) At the
(9) The beginning of the Whittemore-Peterson
Neuroimmune Institute of Reno,
(10). Oprah –