Joe, I do understand, too, about the cognitive difficulties caused by many meds. I cannot think straight on most of them, either!

Congrats on your writing! You will get back to your book!
Just had a friend in the UK release her first book this past year!
It was lots of fun... for all of us!
I had gotten in on her radio interviews and such via the internet. We'd had a lot of fun with it!

As for why Neurotalk places CFS and FMS together, I am unsure as to why they have done this.

I will tell you that years ago, one of the foremost researchers on FMS, Don Goldenberg, MD, was also in the Boston area. He and Dr. Komaroff did a joint study on the prevalence of CFS, FMS and how often both diagnoses could be formally made in the same patient. I took part in that study. I was diagnosed with both. Did I truly have both? The (then) expert researchers had determined I did have both. Some of my current doctors still agree with that, some do not.

Is there any truly standard info on CFS? I have never seen any info that is truly consistent. I have seen researchers agreeing on some aspects and disagreeing on other aspects. Lol! I still don't know, as I was diagnosed by the "research criteria" which is different, I am told, than the clinical criteria. Maybe someone more "in the know" will come along and comment here. (I was never very attached to the diagnostic label. Can you tell? Lol!)

You're doing great!
I cannot wait to read your book(s)!
Have a good evening!
DejaVu