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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th
This is an article from the NY Times about whether fibromyalgia is a "real" condition.
I emailed the author about this particular statement in the article: "The diagnosis of fibromyalgia itself worsens the condition by encouraging people to think of themselves as sick and catalog their pain."
I don't know about you guys, but my diagnosis, apart from the treatment, did help my pain levels. Because my pain is closely linked with my mood, knowing what's going on and why, and being able to predict when and why I'm likely to flare, has helped me enormously.
Understanding what's going on--being able to "catalog" my pain--has lowered my overall pain levels! So my experience is completely the opposite of that statement.
This is an article from the NY Times about whether fibromyalgia is a "real" condition.
I emailed the author about this particular statement in the article: "The diagnosis of fibromyalgia itself worsens the condition by encouraging people to think of themselves as sick and catalog their pain."
I don't know about you guys, but my diagnosis, apart from the treatment, did help my pain levels. Because my pain is closely linked with my mood, knowing what's going on and why, and being able to predict when and why I'm likely to flare, has helped me enormously.
Understanding what's going on--being able to "catalog" my pain--has lowered my overall pain levels! So my experience is completely the opposite of that statement.