Originally Posted by Portis
Fibro = the hypochondriac's disease.
+1 It's the new "hip" disease. It's a good gig if you can get it, no tests to prove you don't have it but you get a bunch of drugs for the "paaaiiinnn". Yes, I know folks with FM. I used to think it was real till they got "the diagnosis". Now they blame everything on FM. Just by getting the diagnosis they went from a functional human to a cripple that is trying to get disability. All this in just a day, walks with a cane and everything.
Oh it doesn't stop the smoking or drinking or eating junk food, all that stuff is "medicinal".
Maybe it is real but I know an awful lot of people that get that diagnosis just by going to certain doctors.