Category: Fibromyalgia Tests

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Fibromyalgia: the overmedicated ‘patient’

“America is one of the few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs, Robert Reich BigPharma makes huge profits from those of us suffering from chronic pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety,  itching, and...

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Is someone close to you have Fibromyalgia and how has it impacted their lives?

I have had fibromyalgia for 14 years now. It has a permanent effect on my cognitive attention, memory, focus, and movements. I struggle almost every day to do simple things as I get exhausted...

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How come the Doctors say that patients who claimed to have fibromyalgia were just unhappy in their lives?

Maybe the doctor you followed some patients with the presumptive diagnosis of fibromyalgia. And maybe after years of following them, and checking for objective signs of disease- lab abnormalities, physical changes, etc. your doctor never found...

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Is Fibromyalgia just a throw-away Diagnosis when they can’t figure out what’s wrong?

I don’t know what it takes to make a fibromyalgia diagnosis because I don’t trust science’s model to describe and assess what the phenomenon really is. They do more harm when they label human...

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My Doctor Diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia but refuses to put me on any medication for it.

I ask this question in our fibromyalgia support group, Many people are responding to this issue. Here we have collective knowledge on this question. SAM-e. I started with 200 mg once a day. I...

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Do doctors often misdiagnose patients with Fibromyalgia instead of conducting further testing?

Unfortunately not only is Fibromyalgia comorbid with other conditions, but its symptoms can also mask other issues. There’s no definitive test as it doesn’t show up in blood work so it’s diagnosed by clinical...