Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, and Related Neural Network Disorders (The Haworth Library ... networks in health & illness +) (Paperback)

by Jay Goldstein (Author) "Most patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, as well as other disorders of central information processing, which I term "neurosomatic," are not difficult to..." (more)
Key Phrases: neurosomatic disorders, neurosomatic patients, neurosomatic symptoms, Case Report (more...)

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Product Description
In his trademark, revolutionary style, Dr. Goldstein uses his model of neural dysregulation to incorporate basic neuroscience research into pathophysiology and treatment at an increasingly rapid rate. He has added layers of regulation to the limbic system that help further explain limbic dysfunction in neurosomatic disorders and suggest novel methods of remediation. Betrayal by the Brain represents integrative thinking and the latest research and discoveries by Dr. Goldstein on neurosomatic disorders—the most common group of illnesses for which patients consult physicians.

Product Details

• Paperback: 273 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560249811
• ISBN-13: 978-1560249818
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #747,244 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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65 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that will become a definitive guide for this illness, March 23, 1999

By	Farraday McGuthrie ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

After 11 years of battling this illness, 5 surgeries, consultations with doctors from top medical centers in the US, I was fortunate enough to find Dr. Goldstein. Although the book is difficult reading (and reading is not easy for us with this disorder due to cognitive problems), his results are spectacular and he has probably defined a new class of disease: neurosomatic disorders, for which some experts feel he deserves a Nobel Prize. His understanding of the brain and the use of neuropharmacology is unparalleled. Worth the effort to read, the case histories are not at all exaggerated....spend a few days in his waiting room and you will quickly see the results he produces and meet long time patients who are much improved. My only regret is that he is unable to communicate his vast understanding of the brain to the general public. I suggest the companion book to help clarify his methods. The case histories he includes are fascinating and true! My life is certainly different from the pain racked, bedridden one it was before I met him. His unpopular and unconventional ideas are widely misunderstood and we patients suffer unecessarily with clumsy symptom control efforts of the uninformed medical establishment. Every doctor I see I give a copy of this book and many have said what a valuable work it is, albeit difficult to comprehend first time through. Many patients would benefit if more doctors would take the time to understand neurosomatic disorders and realize how quickly and simply they can be treated once they are recognized. Dr. Goldstein is years ahead of his time! In my opinion this book will become a classic.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Contains info that can give FMS patients back their life!, July 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Related Neural Network Disorders (Hardcover)

This book is written for physicians and researchers. Although it is tough reading for the average lay person, if you can get through it, it offers the first information and real help for people with FMS that I have found in ten years. This text does not tell you how to live with FMS but offers a real way to live without it.

Basically Dr. Goldstein treats FMS as a central nervous system disorder, rather than a collection of unrelated, marginally treatable symptoms.

After reading this book, I travelled to his practice in California. After ten years of living with disabling fibromyalgia flare ups, Dr. Goldstein ran several drug tests to correct my brain chemistry and over the course of four days, completely eliminated my symptoms. I have now been symptom free for two months.

This book delineates many of the drugs Dr. Goldstein was using in his protocol as of 1996; he has since added more drugs as they have become available. His text describes specifically how the! drugs work and why. Although none of the drugs in his protocol are currently used in the treatment of fibromyalgia, they are all FDA approved. The reason these drugs aren't used in treating FMS, is his basic theory of FMS as a CNS disorder, differs from how most physicians who treat this disorder view it.

This book is worth the effort required to read it for anyone with FMS who is looking to get their life back.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review update., November 27, 1998

By	JOSEPH DUBA MD (Shortsville, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Since reading Betrayal by the Brain I discovered The Companion Volume to Dr Jay A. Goldstein's Betrayal by the Brain (also available from Amazon). Written by Katie Courmel (a non-scientist), this appears very useful in helping those who are not experts in Neurochemistry to understand the technical aspects of his therapy, although it posesses technical difficulty, also.

Joseph R. Duba, M.D.