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Show Notes
In this episode we discuss WHY the focus of the book is so key for people to recover from ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and POTS.
Claudia asks how I came up for the hypothesis for the pathogenesis of the illness (the root cause of the illness), and we discussed why it has touched so many people so deeply.
We also discuss some of the KEY points of the book, how the book unravels so many of the mysteries of this illness in terms of how people get sick and how they recover, as well as the endless list of symptoms.
Timestamps
| Introduction | 0:00:00 |
| Podcast Disclaimer | 0:03:38 |
| Podcast Beginning | 0:04:20 |
| Hi To Claudia | 0:08:21 |
| Dan & Claudia discuss how they met when CFS Unravelled went to paperback | 0:09:41 |
| What prompted Dan to write CFS Unravelled - his low points | 0:06:19 |
| Claudia asks about the motivation for writing the book | 0:09:45 |
| Dan discusses the challenges and process of doing the research | 0:10:59 |
| Claudia discusses how the foreword touched her & why the change in approach | 0:12:44 |
| Dan explains why he just gave such a severe answer about symptom treatments | 0:16:34 |
| Claudia talks about her symptom chasing experience | 0:17:50 |
| Dan asks Claudia about her experience with reading the book | 0:18:20 |
| Dan shares the emotional story of his first reader | 0:19:28 |
| Claudia talks about the emotional impact of reading CFS Unravelled | 0:21:05 |
| Dan talks about how his investigations led down different tracks & dead ends | 0:23:56 |
| Claudia shares a great analogy about Dan's process of investigation | 0:27:18 |
| Dan shares how real life experience of piecing things together was imperfect | 0:27:54 |
| Dan shares the difficulty in making sense of so many dysfunctions and his failed attempts to make sense of it all | 0:29:01 |
| Dan tells how he changed his approach to reach his conclusions | 0:30:04 |
| Dan shares how the book changed going into paperback | 0:31:39 |
| Claudia & Dan discuss the challenges of understanding and purpose of book | 0:32:14 |
| Claudia ask Dan to talk about the ANS role in CFS, Fibromyalgia & POTS | 0:35:01 |
| Dan talks about the connection between IBS, CFS, ME, Fibromyalgia, POTS, MCS etc | 0:39:22 |
| Dan talks about secondary dysfunctions and how they are caused | 0:41:15 |
| Claudia asks about how this illness is triggered | 0:44:22 |
| Claudia and Dan discuss why the illness perpetuates | 0:49:54 |
| Claudia discuss how ANS function normalises | 0:54:38 |
| Dan discusses the frustration of doctors given dysfunction opposed to non-functional | 0:55:30 |
| Dan discusses how the ANS explanation explains how people recover differently | 0:58:46 |
| Claudia asks Dan how people recover from the illness | 1:01:49 |
| Dan explains the limitations of 'mind-body' approaches for recovery of ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, POTS & MCS | 1:06:24 |
| Claudia asks about the next step forward for people seeking recovery | 1:12:12 |
| Dan discusses his motivation for writing the book how a conversation with a Dr led him to follow through | 1:13:46 |
Links
You can learn more about CFS Unravelled HERE
Other Resources
CFS Unravelled is the book that started it all, outlining the explanation for the pathogenesis of ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, POTS, MCS and related syndromes and explaining how recovery is possible.
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If you would like to learn more about the ANS REWIRE program, check out the 4 free intro lessons or visit the ANS REWIRE website.
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Dan thank you for writing this book. I bought and read it recently . I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 4 years ago but have had symptoms for 6 years . Your book has given me hope and has helped me to navigate my recovery. It is work in progress but I have made such improvement. I listen to your podcast as well . Thank you
Keep going Annie!
Great to see you progessing.
Check out the ANS REWIRE intro lessons also! 😉