Is fibromyalgia just a new name for hypochondria?

Different: Hypochondria is where you think you are ill when you actually are not. Fibromyalgia is a real, multi-faceted condition and not at all a new name for hypochondria.

No.: Fibromyalgia patients have somatic complaints related to what is believed to be underlying dysfunction in the transmission and processing of pain signals from muscle-nerve endings. Certain interventions, including medication, may improve these somatic complaints. To the best of our knowledge, hypochondria is a primarily psychological abnormality manifested by somatic complaints.

Not True: At first glance #fibromyalgia (fm) complaints same as those common to psychological disorders. Real (organic) tissue ; biochemical changes can induce mental disarray. Organic changes of fm, not well understood, currently seen in research labs. Unfortunately, when many doctors encounter fm patients they fall back on age-old medical view that absence of objective findings means mental problem.