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    4111 months ago

    Yes. They are about to assault their local Dollar General, establish some freedom, and then go home before they are outed for faking fibromyalgia.

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        311 months ago

        Hi I’m a doctor. Yes fibromyalgia is real. Yes it’s probably used as a catchall dx for a group of various mental and musculoskeletal conditions. From what I have seen, it’s mostly used by malingerers trying to get on disability.

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          311 months ago

          Getting on disability is the hardest, most humiliating process. You are out of touch if you think there’s a ton of people out there malingering, especially just to get on disability.

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          611 months ago

          But if adds to the general perception of fibro patients as being malingerers and liars which is unpleasant.