Honestly when I look at SHINE and the Fibro-Fatigue Center protocols they look pretty much like Dr. Myhills and most other alternative health practitioners - they look at pathogens, hormones, heavy metals, oxidative stress - if that's not enlightened medicine, I don't know what is; if those things don't work then it's because those are the wrong protocols for CFS - which is apparently so for many people. I know of people they've worked for and for people for whom they don't work; ditto with every single treatment on this board. Yes, they are expensive but then again all that stuff really IS expensive.
I think the problem with Teitelbaum is that he promises too much - leading to upset when he doesn't come through.
Whether the FF practitioners are any good is another story; it takes years to get to know ME/CFS and even then many aren't effective. They were apparently started by a Fibro patient who improved greatly. Just look at the Introduce yourself stories on the Forums - they are all over the place - there are subsets in subsets; its incredible how diverse ME/CFS is - no wonder its so difficult to treat. Even Cheney admits he's not all that great at treating it.
The problem is that there aren't enough good treatments for CFS and he is over stating his success.
