What is fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread body pain or aching muscles (myalgia) and multiple points of tenderness to palpation, called tender points. Fibromyalgia is often associated with multiple symptoms, such as amplified pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue, stiffness, headaches, and depression.

How do members experience fibromyalgia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with fibromyalgia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for fibromyalgia*

*Data from patients with fibromyalgia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with fibromyalgia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Cymbalta)
Perceived effectiveness
for fibromyalgia (49 evaluations)
Side effects
nausea constipation 45 more
Total evaluations
51
Tried for
fibromyalgia (95)
Treatment

(Neurontin)
Perceived effectiveness
for fibromyalgia (24 evaluations)
Side effects
dizziness brain fog 11 more
Total evaluations
24
Tried for
fibromyalgia (74)
Treatment

(Lyrica)
Perceived effectiveness
for fibromyalgia (30 evaluations)
Side effects
dizziness dry mouth 4 more
Total evaluations
31
Tried for
fibromyalgia (59)
Treatment

(Savella)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
fibromyalgia (8)

*Data from patients with fibromyalgia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has fibromyalgia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 38
20s 803
30s 4,787
40s 17,434
50s 35,372
60s 35,498
70+ 14,962

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4,052
Female 105,299