Fibromyalgia is not a trash can diagnosis

Yet again, while reading an article about fibromyalgia, I was hit with another pejorative term in the first few lines. The authors describe the usual characteristics of fibromyalgia and then say,“and a high level of catastrophizing related to pain.” If you do a Google search for“catastrophizing,” it tells you that it is“aRead more …Fibromyalgia is not a trash can diagnosis originally appeared inKevinMD.com.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 2, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/margaret-macdonald" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Margaret Macdonald, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Rheumatology Source Type: blogs