Is Fibromyalgia Reall a Thing?

[Anonymous]

I was always under the impression that Fibromyalgia was one of those hokie conditions suffered by middle-aged, multiple-cat-owning, wrist-brace-wearing women. But now a friend of mine says she has this "condition", and she doesn't fit the profile. I don't know whether to be sympathetic and read up on it, or just ignore it and let her deal with it (yes I know, some friend huh). Anyone dealt with this?

[Anonymous]

Supposed to be "really" a thing.

[Anonymous]

Gene weingarten used to rail on about it. He said even the guy who named it admitted it was fake. Just a "diagnosis" to justify middle class pain reliever addiction.

[Anonymous]

I consider it (and I am diagnosed with it) the we have no idea why you are in considerable pain all the time and either can't figure it out or don't want to be bothered or we don't believe you as you look fine. It sucks to be in pain all the time.

[Anonymous]

Someone keeps posting these "is fibro real" threads - Jeff, is it the same person?

Yes, it is real. But the medical community hasn't fully figured it out yet.

Fibro is painful and awful. Having friends and family not believe you and dismiss you as a crazy cat lady multiplies the pain tenfold. Imagine if you had a broken leg and people were sneering at you for not walking on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gene weingarten used to rail on about it. He said even the guy who named it admitted it was fake. Just a "diagnosis" to justify middle class pain reliever addiction.

People with fibro are typically not prescribed narcotics. They don't help much.

[Anonymous]

You are an asshole, OP.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is constantly posting on Facebook about her neverending pain that is supposedly from fibromyalgia. Haven't seen her since high school, and I am all sympathy if it is true but jeez don't write about it all the time on the internet.

[Anonymous]

http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/fibromyalgia-causes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone keeps posting these "is fibro real" threads - Jeff, is it the same person?

Yes, it is real. But the medical community hasn't fully figured it out yet.

Fibro is painful and awful. Having friends and family not believe you and dismiss you as a crazy cat lady multiplies the pain tenfold. Imagine if you had a broken leg and people were sneering at you for not walking on it.

Y hasn't fully figured it out, I mean the cast majority of doctors now recognize it as a real syndrome, wither all symptoms, but they don't fully understand the why or the how to treat it.

Sort of like where lupus and ms were decades ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is constantly posting on Facebook about her neverending pain that is supposedly from fibromyalgia. Haven't seen her since high school, and I am all sympathy if it is true but jeez don't write about it all the time on the internet.

Does her name begin with an S

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is constantly posting on Facebook about her neverending pain that is supposedly from fibromyalgia. Haven't seen her since high school, and I am all sympathy if it is true but jeez don't write about it all the time on the internet.

Does her name begin with an S

PP here. Nope.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I know I'm an asshole, no need to state the obvious. That's why I'm here.

No, her name doesn't start with an "S".

I have never posted about this before; I didn't know it was a common subject.

[Anonymous]

Oh duh, misread the "S" question.

[Anonymous]

I believe it's real, but also that it could very well be a mental disorder than physical disorder