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Hello Fibro World, I am 42 year old female, who served in the first Persian Gulf war, and now a disabled veteran who has suffer with Chronic Fatigue and Muscle & Joint Pain since my return to the US in 1991. I have been told by doctors that the pain was in my head, I am eating to much chocolate, drinking too much caffeine, not getting enough sleep, diagnose with depression, and anxiety attacks. Until, February 2008 when I had my first Compensation Hearing with the VA did I ever hear that I may have Fibromalygia, I was devastated but relieved at the same time, because now I may have t...