Access to the forum is only allowed after payment of a $20 (or more) donation (or fee). By donating to the forum you are assisting in the continued life of the forum for yourself and other sufferers, both now and in the future. This is not a money making scheme. Example costs of our Forum are listed below. Like all things in life, nothing is free:

• Hosting, Bandwidth and Domain Registration fees
• Labor for monitoring news and research in the field
• Labor for administrative monitoring and answering of posts (hundreds of manhours per year)
• Labor for periodic Forum software upgrades (10-40 manhours per year)
• Labor for weekly Database Back-ups (important for securing old posts)
• Software licensing costs
• Labor for emergency recovery from security attacks (has happened twice so far)

In addition, before a donation was made mandatory, the forum was overrun with up to 20 or more registrations a day, making it impossible for the admin and moderators to maintain an orderly and polite atmosphere, and threatening the continued viability of the site.

The forum also acts as a tool for the dissemination of new developments, abuse protection (quack doctors), support from fellow sufferers and lobbying the doctors, many of whom read our forum for specific areas of research.

You can donate to your forum if you have 1) a PayPal account or 2) a credit card or 3) a bank debit card supported by PayPal.com (most major cards and banks). It's easy — just click the donate button below and follow the on screen instructions at PayPal.com!

Unfortunately DONATIONS ARE NOT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

All donations are PRIVATE. PayPal states: "When you use PayPal, your financial information is never shared with the merchant" (i.e. this website). In addition, this website will never release your email details or use them in any way to gather data or send spam.

PayPal.com, with over 100 millions users, is the premier processor of Internet financial transactions, acting as trusted intermediaries. This offers you improved security as we NEVER hold your payment details. The only details we receive is your donation - electronically. With PayPal.com you have the added security of the #1 3rd party payment gateway on the Internet. PayPal.com uses SSL technology. Note: Donations are not refundable.

If you have any queries/problems regarding donations please contact us via: [email protected].

If you are not able to donate anything at this time, there is still a lot of useful information at the main website and in the free access forums.