Why ME?

Alex Howard was a normal, happy teenager until just before his 16th birthday, when he began to experience strange, unexplained physical symptoms. In time he was diagnosed with ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a severe illness that the medical profession has yet to offer an explanation or cure for. After spending two years bedbound and developing clinical depression, Alex committed himself to finding a cure and returning himself to health and happiness, eventually finding the key to his illness and, in creating the changes he was striving towards, realising his life had been irrevocably transformed for the better. In this updated third edition, Alex shares his ongoing journey since the first edition of WHY ME? was published, including setting up The Optimum Health Clinic, an award winning charity specialising in treating ME/CFS which has treated thousands of patients in over thirty-five countries around the world. A detailed resource section includes transcripts of interviews with