r/Fibromyalgia

96K archived posts · Apr 2009 – Sep 2026

Fibromyalgia - An Optimistic but Realistic Support Group

r/Fibromyalgia

An optimistic but realistic support group.

Created Apr 18, 2009

84KMembers (last snapshot)

96KArchived posts

First, let me start by saying that we are not professionals here. We are Fibromites that are going through the same things most of you are. Only a doctor can diagnose you with fibromyalgia. Posts asking if you have fibromyalgia will be removed. The ACR has criteria needed for a diagnosis. Please look at our Wiki for more information, including conditions sometimes confused with fibromyalgia.
Read more about invisible, chronic diagnoses versus visible, acute ones.
Feel free to post news, articles, blogs, tasteful cartoons; anything that you would like to share with others that suffer from the same invasive, invisible illness as you.
Surveys will not be tolerated. The conversation around that is deep and wide. We're not cattle to be queried. Reputable sources have marketing budgets and analytic teams. They don't need to go through a subreddit for data.
Please keep other people's feelings in mind when posting. I would like for this to be an optimistic but realistic subreddit. However, we are always here to listen to anyone that needs to vent.
Please be sure to upvote any submissions that you like and/or appreciate. :)

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