This group gives people with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, or any other similar chronic illness a chance to learn how to live more peacefully.  Most of the meetings involve a speaker as well as a chance to share experiences with others who are travelling a similar path.  For more information about their monthly meetings just south of uptown Charlotte in the early evening, click here for their meetup web site or call a leader of the group at 704/989-1830 any day 9 a.m. to 9 p.m

This free, peer led group meets monthly with professional speakers and sharing sessions for people with CFIDS or fibromyalgia and their families.  For more information about their evening meetings, click here to see their web site or call a member of the group at 563-0657, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to to 9 p.m.  (Click for overview of Fibromyalgia resources)

This professionally facilitated group has alternating program and sharing meetings each month.  For details, call Arthritis Patient Services at 331-4878 Monday through Friday from 9-5. (Click for overview of Fibromyalgia resources)

An informal group providing speakers, discussion, and mutual support for people with fibromyalgia as well as for friends, family, and loved ones.   For details, call a member of the group at 704/948-7226 any evening from  7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Click for overview of Fibromyalgia resources)

Circle of Friends  (1998) (1425)
Candida/Fibromyalgia Group  (1999)   (1396)
JMJ Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Chronic Pain Group (Davidson) (2006) (1679)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.