Imagine a disease where you’re in constant pain for no apparent reason. You’re tired all the time, yet it’s difficult to fall asleep, and even if you manage to sleep several hours you may still wake up exhausted. You also experience so much brain fog that even basic tasks seem impossible to do. Worst of all, doctors say it’s all your head.
It’s a scenario familiar to many fibromyalgia sufferers. Today, fibromyalgia is recognized as one of the most common chronic pain conditions, affecting as much as six percent of the U.S. population. But not long ago, doctors classified it as a mental disorder, because conventional tests couldn’t provide evidence for the long term pain patients experienced.
