r/Fibromyalgia

73k members
r/Fibromyalgia is a subreddit with 73k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size, and has high activity.
An optimistic but realistic support group.

Popular Themes in r/Fibromyalgia

#1
Pain & Anger
: "Older people invalidate my fibro "
72 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Primary care PA here. Looking for advice on how to treat my FM patients better"
21 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "What things help you the most with your pain?"
10 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How do you afford your life with fibro? Or even have a job?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Fibromyalgia

#1

Fibro

: "How many of you think you don't have Fibro and doctor misdiagnosed you?"
65 posts
#2

Pain

: "I’m doing that “pfft my Pain isn’t real, I’m just a widdle baby” thing "
37 posts
#3

Fibromyalgia

: "Are a lot of you here due to lack of a diagnosis and a plethora of auto-immune like issues? And you just feel like they slapped “Fibromyalgia” down as a diagnosis for something they can’t explain?"
28 posts
#4

Fatigue

: "Is the Fatigue in fibro similar to Anhedonia? What is your Fatigue like?"
19 posts
#5

Symptoms

: "Anyone’s Symptoms start as a child? "
14 posts
#6

Diagnosis

: "Are a lot of you here due to lack of a Diagnosis and a plethora of auto-immune like issues? And you just feel like they slapped “fibromyalgia” down as a Diagnosis for something they can’t explain?"
12 posts
#7

Medication

: "New Medication"
12 posts
#8

Sleep

: "How do you get your best Sleep?"
7 posts
#9

Wheelchair

: "Rented a Wheelchair at the zoo and Jesus christ it's like a miracle with wheels"
6 posts
#10

Exercise

: "Family keeps telling me to Exercise, body is telling me to stop moving. "
6 posts

Member Growth in r/Fibromyalgia

Daily
+69 members(0.1%)
Monthly
+1k members(2.0%)
Yearly
+16k members(27.6%)

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