Has anyone investigated the relationship of CFS and ciguatera fish poisoning?
A 96% correlation is pretty high! Here is a place to start:

http://www.ncf-net.org/forum/CiguateraEpitope.htm

Tea tree oil and mycoplasma pneumoniae:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

Is there a connection between Lyme Disease and Fibromyalgia? Lyme Disease and ALS? Lyme Disease and Parkinson's? Here's some good information:

http://www.springboard4health.com/no...l#breakthrough

If there is, then cat's claw (especially TOA free cat's claw) could be helpful. Note that it could take up to a year to restore health because:

"Considering the life-span of intracellular forms of Bb equivalent to the life-span of the cells invaded by these forms, they are constantly released into the surrounding environment upon natural cell death and destruction. The release of intracellular forms of Bb is gradual over time due to the various life-spans of various invaded cells. Since about 90% of these forms reside in various cells (including all blood cells) which have a life-span of 2-3 weeks to 6-8 months, it may be assumed that within a 6-8 month period, a significant majority of all intracellular forms of Bb will be released into the environment where they can be successfully attacked by a properly functioning immune system and a natural powerful antibiotic."

"Bb" refers to Borrelia burgdorferi, a mycoplasma bacteria that causes Lyme disease. There may be other bacteria involved as well.

that is a very interesting article re the Lyme Disease info wasabi

would you mind also posting this on the Lyme Disease board here at NeuroTalk
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33

Here is what one person suspects about her abdominal pain and what helped her:

"Two weeks ago my Doctor prescribed Wel-Chol(I don’t have high cholesterol-it’s actually VERY low), and my abdominal pain [of 17 years duration] is virtually gone along w/ several other bothersome sysmptoms! I believe that most, if not all, of the chronic conditions I developed manifested because my gallbladder harboured biotoxins very early on."

http://fattyacids.wordpress.com/2006...toxins/#more-5

Wel-Chol works by binding to cholesterol in the intestines so that the liver can't keep recyling it (and presumably the toxins that adhere to that cholesterol). Interesting idea - as long as you don't have any bowel obstructions.

Here is a link with more information related to Fibromyalgia and Mycoplasmas:

http://www.thepowerhour.com/news/mycoplasma_testing.htm

I now think that my fibromyalgia symptoms are due to a chronic Lyme disease problem. Besides quite a number of supplements for general health, I am doing three specific things to deal with my self-diagnosed Lyme disease. I am avoiding fluoride where possible. I am taking boron supplements. I am taking seabuckthorn. So far, after almost a week, I am experiencing significant improvements. I will report back after my improvements have leveled off some. In the meantime, I think anyone with Lyme or CFS/FMS should seriously consider seabuckthorn (tea, seed oil, fruit oil). I am not supposed to give you links to commercial sites, so all I will say is that one producer of seabuckthorn products has some good background information in a section titled "Seabuckthorn Science."

I have decided to add olive leaf extract (to deal with what I suspect are reactivated viral infections - warts and possibly measles in the gut). I have also decided to add the methyl form of vitamin B12 to help with nerve and brain issues. That was yesterday. Today, I woke up kind of punchy, with more sensitivity to sound than usual. I take these increases in my symptoms as a good sign. I remain hopeful.