Fibromyalgia - all in your head?

Next time someone tells you your fibromyalgia is "all in your head," you have a good answer for them!  Imaging studies of the brain can now see the pain areas of the brain "light up" in fibromyalgia patients.  Other studies show that fibromyalgia patients have abnormalities in several neurotransmitters, the molecules that send messages to your brain.   Finally, studies of brain anatomy show structural difference between the brains of fibromyalgia patients and healthy people.  All these differences in the brain help explain the widespread pain, sleep problems, and other related issues fibromyalgia patients feel.   www.fibroinfoservice.com

Schweinhardt P Sauro KM Bushnell MC, Fibromyalgia:  A Disorder of the Brain? Neuroscientist, 2008 Feb 12.