Originally Posted by Mutt

thanks for the replies so far - and as i expected, mixed opinions. she has been to an arthritis specialist. like some people who've posted here - i'm suspicious of the diagnosis of fibromyalgia - maybe this disease really does exist and people really do suffer from it, but it sounds to me like it's being diagnosed by doctors whenever they hear a bunch of symptons and the tests for other diseases like rheumatoid arthritis are negative. i'd never say this to my sister but my guess is if she dropped 15 pounds, took a good walk everyday and ate a bit better most of these symptons would go away.