Edinburgh M.E. Self help Group

The following publications are held in the edmesh library. The library is a FREE service for all members. Items are sent out and returned by post. All postage costs are covered by edmesh. There is usually no time limit on borrowing, unless an item is requested by another member.

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This list was correct as of Spring 2008. Entries in bold are recent additions.

Books

ANDREW, Sarah (ed.) - A Silver Lining
ARBER, Martin - The Joke’s on M.E.
BESTED, Dr Alison - Hope & Help for CFS and Fibromyalgia
BRADLEY, Dinah - Hyperventilation Syndrome
BROSTOFF, Dr Jonathan & GAMLIN, Linda - Food Allergy and Intolerance
BRUMFITT, Jan - The Final Surrender: A Journey to Wellness
BRUNO, Dr Richard L - The Polio Paradox
BURNS, David - The Feeling Good Handbook (CBT & Anti-depressants)
CAMPLING, Frankie and SHARPE, Michael - CFS/ME: The Facts
CANNON, Geoffrey & EINZIG, Hetty - Dieting Makes You Fat
CHAITOW, Leon- Candida Albicans - Could Yeast be your Problem?
CHAITOW, Leon - Fatigue - the New Self Help Series
CHAITOW, Leon - Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
CHAITOW, Leon - The Raw Material of Health
COLEMAN, Dr Vernon - Overcoming Stress
COUSINS, Barbara - Cooking Without
DAWES, Dr Belinda - Why M.E.?
DE VRIES, Jan - Realistic Weight Control
DE VRIES, Jan - Body Energy
DE VRIES, Jan - Viruses, Allergies and the Immune System
ELLIOT, Rose & DE PAOLI, Carlo - Kitchen Pharmacy
FOX, Joyce - Surviving ME
FRANKLIN, Mike & SULLIVAN, Jane - M.E. - What is it? Have you got it? How to get better.
GIBSON, Dr Sheila, TEMPLETON, Louise & GIBSON, Dr Robin - The Complete Wheat-Free Cook Book
GEARY, Amanda - The Food and Mood Handbook
HAY, Louise L - You Can Heal Your Life
HOLFORD, Patrick - The Whole Health Manual
HOWARD, Alex - Why Me? My journey from ME to Health and Happiness
HO-YEN, Dr Darrel - Unwind! Understand and Control Life. Be Better!!
HO-YEN, Dr Darrel - Better Recovery from Viral Illness (4th Edition)
HURRELL, Janet - A Helping Hand Through ME
JACOBS, Gill - Beat Candida
JEFFREYS, Toni - The Mile High Staircase
KABAT-ZINN, John - Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain & Illness using Mindfulness Meditation
LAZARIDES, Linda - The Nutritional Health Bible
LONGDEN, Deric - Diana’s Story
LEVIN, Allan Scott & ZELLERBACH, Arla - The Allergy Relief Programme
MACINTYRE, Dr Anne - M.E./ C.F.S. - A Practical Guide
MACLARNON, Katie - M.E. and Me
MARBER, Ian - The Food Doctor Diet
MAYNE, Michael - A Year Lost and Found
MEEK, Jennifer- Boost your Immune System
MEEK, Jennifer - How to Boost your Immune System
MICKEL, Dr David - CFS, ME and Fibromyalgia – the Long Awaited Cure
MOSS, Jill - Three Villains – ME and Low Blood Volume
MUMBY, Dr Keith - Allergies, What Everyone Should Know
MUMBY, Dr Keith - The Allergy Handbook
MUMBY, Dr Keith - The Food Allergy Plan
MYHILL, Dr Sarah - Information Sheets on M.E.
PATERSON, Barbara - The Allergy Connection
PERRIN, Raymond - Osteopathy and ME
PROTO, Louis - Coming Alive
PURI, Basant K - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Natural Way to Treat M.E.
ROSENBAUM, Michael & SUSSER, Murray - Solving the Puzzle of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
ROSSI, Ernest Lawrence - The 20 Minute Break: Reduce Stress, Maximise Performance, Improve Health & Emotional Well Being Using the News System of Ultradian Rhythms
DE RUYTER, Peter - Understanding Candida
SCARFE, Christopher - How to Improve your Digestion and Absorption
SCHEFFER, Mechthild - Bach Flower Therapy. Theory and Practice
SHEPHERD, Dr Charles - Living with M.E. 1999 Edition
SHERWOOD, Dr Paul - Get Well, Stay Well
SHERWOOD, Dr Paul - Your Back, Your Health (Back problems & ME)
SKYPALA, Isabel - Healthy Eating-Nutritional Breakdown of Everyday Foods
STEINCAMP, Jacqueline - Overload. Beating M.E.
TEITELBAUM, Dr Jacob - From Fatigued to Fantastic: A Guide to Overcoming Chronic Fatigue
THOMAS, Pat - What Works, What Doesn’t
TURNER, Richard, & SIMONSEN, Elizabeth - Candida Albicans (Yeast Free Recipes)
WELLER, Stella - Natural Immune Power
WILKINSON, Steve - ME and You; A Survivor’s Guide to Post Viral Fatigue
WILLIAMS, Xandria - Fatigue
ZINSER, Stephanie - The Good Gut Guide

Audio Tapes

Why ME? - Jane Ridder Patrick, Pharmacist - Natural Therapeutics
Why ME? - Dr Clark Hughson, Psychiatrist - sufferer
ME and Brain Function - Dr Anne MacIntyre
ME - David Mellin, Nutritionist
New Legislation on ME - Ann Hannah, Welfare Rights
Reflexology and ME Yoga and ME/CFS - Rosemary Leburn, Edinburgh MESH Meeting (1998)
Dr David Mason Brown - You are what you eat and recent research - Edinburgh MESH -12/10/99
Dead Doctors Don’t Lie - Joel Wallach M.D.
Talk to Stockport ME Group (8 Oct 1999) - Dr Anne Macintyre
Work of Dr David Bell relating to low blood volume in ME - Jill Moss (As tape is not complete, a written report is also available)
Action pack No.1 - Dr David Mason Brown (2 tapes and booklet)
Action Pack No.2 - Dr David Mason Brown (1 tape and booklet)

Videos

The Face of ME - Network MESH
AYME - “Conference 2003:
Benefits
ME
ME Action
ME Claire Francis, Edinburgh MESH Meeting 1992 (2 copies)
Dr Darrel Ho Yen, Aberdeen Self Help Group Meeting, 16 April 1994
New Research into ME SPNT Conference, 1995
ME and the Autonomic Nervous System/Low Blood Volume - Dr David Bell
A Treatment Protocol for ME/CFS - Dr Jacob Teitelbaum
An Integrated Approach to Treating ME - Dr Ian Hyams
Viral Illness and ME/The Polio Paradox (Canadian Symposium on ME/CFS) Dr Richard Bruno,
Dr Betty Dowsett
Presentation to MESH - Ross Grieve
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Dr Ali
Live Blood Analysis – Peter O’Hara

Factsheets, Reports, Booklets & Leaflets

Action for ME Therapy Information Pack
Adrenal Stress: ME/CFS and Neuro-endocrine Abnormalities - Dr Andrew Wright
ME/CFS and the Thyroid Gland - Action for ME Information Pack
Introduction to Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization (E.P.D.) - Dr Sarah Myhill
CFS – Your Questions Answered - Dr John Campling
Parliamentary Debate on ME - National ME Awareness Day 12th May 1999
Antioxidants and ME - Action for ME Factsheet
Organophosphate Poisoning - Action for ME Information Pack
Managing Chronic Fatigue - Dr Michael Jenkins
Sleep Disorders - Action for ME Factsheet
The Adrenals and ME - Action for ME Factsheet
Flu Vaccination and ME- Action for ME Factsheet
Pacing - Action for ME Factsheet
Sex Hormone Replacement Therapy and ME - Action for ME Factsheet
CFS Research Foundation Newsletter 6 - Persistent Viral Activity
Research papers on CFS - Dr S McHale and others
Live Blood Analysis
Glutathione Deficiency
ME/CFS and Meditation/Buddhism - Stillpoints Information Pack
What Is ME? Information for New Patients – Action for ME
Surviving Severe ME – Claire Wade/AYME (30 page booklet)
The Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group Report on CFS/ME: A Guide – Action for ME (39 page booklet)
Information for Parents/ Teaching Staff Involved with Children who have CFS/ME – Royal Hospital for Sick Children/City of Edinburgh, 2005
Chronic Pain: Information for Patients - The Pain Society
Taking Control of Your Migraine - The Migraine Trust
Women & Migraine - The Migraine Trust
Tinnitus - The British Tinnitus Society
Medical Research Council: CFS/ME Research Strategy
6th International Conference on CFS/Fibromyalgia: Conference Report - MERGE
Dr David Bell’s Work on ME/CFS- Jill Moss

Welfare Benefits

Welfare Benefits Handbook
Disability Rights Handbook
Benefits for People Who are Ill/Disabled and their Carers – Anne Hannah, Edinburgh
Welfare Rights Service
Claiming Disability Living Allowance – BHAS

DVDs of Open Meetings

- NEW! October 2008 - Jan Oakley - The Lightning Process
- March 2008 - Ross Grieve - Long Term Condition Management and CFS/ME
- September 2007 - Susan Webster - A Progress Report
- March 2007 - Dr. Charles Shepherd of the ME Association
- October 2006 - Joan Crawford - ME,Borelliosis and Lymes Disease
- March 2006 - Keith Anderson (ME Nurse Specialist, Fife) and Irene Murray (Children’s Outreach Worker, Lothian)
- September 2005 - Dr. John Gow - Gene Function in People with ME
- March 2003 - Talk by MERGE (now ME Research UK) - Energising ME Research
- June 2002 - Dr. Abhijit Chaudhuri - ME/CFS:the past, present and the future
- January 2002 - Homeopathy and ME

The videos are produced with a digital video camera and external microphone. Quality is what you would expect from a typical home video although the sound is normally better (especially in the more recent videos).