Why so some say fibromyalgia is not real?

Ignorance: The symptoms of fibromyalgia are subjective. By definition, there are no abnormal laboratory tests, and no objective findings other than a particular kind of tenderness. So, some people who are uncomfortable thinking about the pain and disability which comes with fibro can deny that it is real. They say that if it was real there'd be objective findings. They are wrong.

Skepticism: 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 subtle, 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.

Fibromyalgia: Ignorance, generally speaking. Things that are not readily diagnosable, out of the western world medical mainstream, or that have gotten a great deal of press as a "vogue diagnosis" aggravate this tendency. It doe not make fibro any less real to the sufferer.