Fibromyalgia: The Whole Story
Fibromyalgia: The Whole Story "It's all in your head" or "just learn to live with it" are the two most commonly heard phrases from doctors who suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome or FMS [Rona; Casura; No, p. 7]. Most of us understand, especially these days, that research in the medical field is happening and producing results at a fast and furious pace. Most people also understand that not every doctor can, or even should, be responsible for keeping up with every discovery. Without a specific need or interest in the field, much of what is learned will never reach the desk of most physicians. So this is one explanation for why so many doctors are still ignorant, misinformed, or completely in denial about the existence of such a common disorder as fibromyalgia [Smith; IN; NBC. It took more than 100 years, in the late 1980s, for the official name Fibromyalgia Syndrome to be given by the Arthritis Foundation of America and the National Center for Disease Control (or...