They believed that patient complaints about their symptoms had no physical basis. I take heart in the fact that Florence Nightingale was suspected of suffering from the complaint and for ten years never left her bed. We are all able contribute in our own ways to our community. My active contribution is healing and education. People in the community feel that it is a fad sickness of the 90's.
Sufferers know otherwise.
Being in such intense pain, we are desperate for a cure. Something that will make it go away. In response to this, many people have entered the market peddling their wares. Some are purely misguided while others seek to profit upon the desperation of others. Most products on the market at the moment have more characteristics of snake oil than any substantive cure.