I'm glad his pamphlet was posted here. It's interesting reading, and I had been meaning to ask him for it to clarify some of his statements.
This bit seems key to me, though:
But the ultimate technique for dealing with insomnia is one I learned
very late in the CFS game. A technique that may have contributed to
my kicking CFS completely. Listen to your body. For example, to
repeat, don’t sit, lie down. Use your laptop or your tablet from a
horizontal position.
It seems like pacing was the most essential part for him. His sleep pattern is a good suggestion for some people, too. I know some people cannot settle into a 'normal' sleep routine.
I think I find this website more helpful:
http://www.fiikus.net/?cfstreatment
Many of the same drugs are mentioned, but the author is less prone to exaggeration/excitement (things like the talk of 'surrealistic symptoms' in Bloom's pamphlet irritated me).
I also use some of the things from Jay Goldstein's list (such as 0.1% naphazoline eye drops), although I don't buy the general approach there of taking tiny amounts until something works.
It's interesting that Bloom doesn't talk about amitriptyline or gabapentin in this pamphlet, despite saying these were crucial in the interview above. This is the sort of thing that makes me think he gets over-enthusiastic about things.
How can they both be essential, and yet be excluded? And yet, here in his pamphlet he claims entirely different substances were essential.
I know people like this. When they've just seen a film they like, they'll say it's the best film ever and wildly inflate its importance. Then they'll forget about it when they find another film that's new (to them), which is the new 'best thing'.
This pamphlet's helpful, but you do have to keep your inner cynic close by when deciding what's hype and what isn't.