I am writing in behalf of my son (16), ill since december 2003 (almost 18 months now), just got a week ago a diagnosis from a brave pediatrician, not yet acquainted very much with ME/CFS and ready to read through all this documentations (canadian guidelines, etc. etc.). My son still being in danger of being harassed by schooldirector and child protection authorities and psychiatric clinic.

Was recommended a GET and behavioural therapy by the chief of a departement of children hospital. My son is homebound ever since he got november last a yeast treatment from a doctor (Perenterol), as of his most serious additional belly problems.

He does not think at all that this form of therapy will help him at all, as he sees already without this how little it takes to overexert himself (eg. the visit at home of a kind doctor), he does suffer serious post exertional malaise and eating is getting always a problem.

I am writing you from Switzerland, where just a short time ago a professor published in the swiss medical weekly an article saying that cfs/me is a psychiatric disorder and closely relied to fear traumata, fear denial, depression and other crap.

I do know after seeing the condition and the changes therein for such a long time now and after running from doctor to doctor first, that the medical personal are to a big extent a very strange kind. (I am really so sorry to say!)

My son would state here that you also could treat a broken leg with psychiatry if you would not know better. And that never a doctor would get the idea to send somebody with a broken leg on a marathon; something which seems to him would be a good comparision of what was asked of him sometimes!

He just was not taken serious till we were lucky to find this pediatrician now. And what my son does not know, the authorities are still seeming to go on... I really hope they will understand!!!