Living With Chronic Pain That Even Doctors Don’t Believe - This Is Fibromyalgia

People with fibromyalgia feel widespread pain - but their medical tests come back normal. Not only does this baffle doctors, patients also question if their constant muscle aches, joint pain, and tiredness were simply imagined.

Fibromyalgia has no known cause or cure, and its symptoms - such as chronic fatigue, depression and brain fog - can be mistaken for other conditions like arthritic or autoimmune diseases. Four people share what it’s like to live with it, and the challenges of getting a diagnosis.

00:00 Intro
00:59 What is fibromyalgia?
02:23 Why fibromyalgia is hard to diagnose
03:50 Is it cancer? Is it lupus or arthritis?
05:01 Why fibromyalgia is often misdiagnosed
05:18 How I got my fibromyalgia diagnosis
06:55 Managing my chronic pain
08:55 Dealing with the stigma of invisible illness
09:42 Support groups for chronic pain

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