Dr. Stein's Blog
for ME/CFS, FM, ES, Long COVID and Chronic Pain
Key Takeaways
When faced with conflicting information about medications, supplements, and other medical interventions, it can be hard to tell which options truly offer more benefit than harm. In this...
Key Takeaways
Many people with complex chronic diseases—including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, chronic pain, and environmental
sensitivities—r...
Stacy is a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. She has been a licensed therapist for over 35 years. In 1999, Stacy published a book entitled Living Well wi...
How Do Our Bodies Make Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is actually a hormone rather than a vitamin. Like other hormones, vitamin D is made in the body, whereas vitamins are obtained through food. An inactive pr...
I dove into the online world in April 2020, at the start of COVID. I had already been working on my first course, Pathways to Improvement, for several months when the pandemic closed down my medical p...
Emerging Science-Based Management of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise
In the final part of this in-depth analysis of fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM), I focus on management. I wish I had ...
What Causes Post-Exertional Malaise?
In Part 1 of this four-part blog series, I described what it feels like to have disabling fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM). In part 2, I summarized some ...
Validating Research on Fatigue and PEM by Professor Robert WĂĽst and Colleagues
In March 2024, I created a short informational video summarizing a paper published by Dutch researchers from Professor R...
How are they similar, and how are they different?
Welcome to a four-part blog series on one of the most important topics in our community: fatigue and post-exertional malaise. I frequently receive em...
How we think about and cope with chronic disease makes a huge difference to our experience and quality of life. Our mindset and beliefs can shift us from surviving in anger and grief to moving forward...
Imagine if there were a medication that could make it very hard, even physiologically impossible, to crash. How much better might your quality of life be? Or might such a pill even facilitate recovery...
This is a special bonus blog on radical acceptance. I am writing this blog as much for myself as for you. After more than a month on crutches, I notice minimal improvement in my disabling foot pain an...
