Daniel J. Wallace, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include The Lupus Book and All About Osteoarthritis.Janice Wallace is a freelance medical writer.

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• Foreword ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Fibromyalgia Made Simple: A Parable ; 1. How Our Understanding of Fibromyalgia Evolved ; 2. What is Fibromyalgia? ; 3. Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why? ; 4. Why and How Do We Hurt? ; 5. What's Wrong with My Muscles? ; 6. How Do Stress, Sleep, Hormones, and the Immune System Interact and Relate to Fibromyalgia? ; 7. What is the Autonomic Nervous System? ; 8. Generalized Complaints ; 9. "I'm Stiff and Achy"-Musculoskeletal Complaints ; 10. Tingles, Shocks, Wires, and Neurologic ; 11. Insights into Insides: Chest, Cardiovascular, and Other Concerns ; 12. What are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia? ; 13. What Conditions are Associated with Fibromyalgia? ; 14. Controversial Syndromes and Their Relationship to Fibromyalgia ; 15. What Happens at a Fibromyalgia Consultation? ; 16. Are You Sure It's Really Fibromyalgia? ; 17. I'm Not Crazy! ; 18. Influences of Lifestyle and Environment on Fibromyalgia ; 19. The Influence of Exercise and Rehabilitation on the Mind and Body ; 20. How to Overcome Fibromyalgia ; 21. Evalulating Medicines that Work for Fibromyalgia ; 22. Drugs that may be useful in Fibromyalgia Patients: An Overview ; 23. The Economic Burden of Fibromyalgia, Work and Disability ; 24. What's the Prognosis? ; 25. The Future Holds a Lot of Hope ; Appendix 1: Resource Information ; Appendix 2: Glossary ; Index

Daniel J. Wallace, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include The Lupus Book and All About Osteoarthritis.Janice Wallace is a freelance medical writer.

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• Foreword ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Fibromyalgia Made Simple: A Parable ; 1. How Our Understanding of Fibromyalgia Evolved ; 2. What is Fibromyalgia? ; 3. Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why? ; 4. Why and How Do We Hurt? ; 5. What's Wrong with My Muscles? ; 6. How Do Stress, Sleep, Hormones, and the Immune System Interact and Relate to Fibromyalgia? ; 7. What is the Autonomic Nervous System? ; 8. Generalized Complaints ; 9. "I'm Stiff and Achy"-Musculoskeletal Complaints ; 10. Tingles, Shocks, Wires, and Neurologic ; 11. Insights into Insides: Chest, Cardiovascular, and Other Concerns ; 12. What are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia? ; 13. What Conditions are Associated with Fibromyalgia? ; 14. Controversial Syndromes and Their Relationship to Fibromyalgia ; 15. What Happens at a Fibromyalgia Consultation? ; 16. Are You Sure It's Really Fibromyalgia? ; 17. I'm Not Crazy! ; 18. Influences of Lifestyle and Environment on Fibromyalgia ; 19. The Influence of Exercise and Rehabilitation on the Mind and Body ; 20. How to Overcome Fibromyalgia ; 21. Evalulating Medicines that Work for Fibromyalgia ; 22. Drugs that may be useful in Fibromyalgia Patients: An Overview ; 23. The Economic Burden of Fibromyalgia, Work and Disability ; 24. What's the Prognosis? ; 25. The Future Holds a Lot of Hope ; Appendix 1: Resource Information ; Appendix 2: Glossary ; Index

Daniel J. Wallace, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His many books include The Lupus Book and All About Osteoarthritis.Janice Wallace is a freelance medical writer.

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• Foreword ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Fibromyalgia Made Simple: A Parable ; 1. How Our Understanding of Fibromyalgia Evolved ; 2. What is Fibromyalgia? ; 3. Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why? ; 4. Why and How Do We Hurt? ; 5. What's Wrong with My Muscles? ; 6. How Do Stress, Sleep, Hormones, and the Immune System Interact and Relate to Fibromyalgia? ; 7. What is the Autonomic Nervous System? ; 8. Generalized Complaints ; 9. "I'm Stiff and Achy"-Musculoskeletal Complaints ; 10. Tingles, Shocks, Wires, and Neurologic ; 11. Insights into Insides: Chest, Cardiovascular, and Other Concerns ; 12. What are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia? ; 13. What Conditions are Associated with Fibromyalgia? ; 14. Controversial Syndromes and Their Relationship to Fibromyalgia ; 15. What Happens at a Fibromyalgia Consultation? ; 16. Are You Sure It's Really Fibromyalgia? ; 17. I'm Not Crazy! ; 18. Influences of Lifestyle and Environment on Fibromyalgia ; 19. The Influence of Exercise and Rehabilitation on the Mind and Body ; 20. How to Overcome Fibromyalgia ; 21. Evalulating Medicines that Work for Fibromyalgia ; 22. Drugs that may be useful in Fibromyalgia Patients: An Overview ; 23. The Economic Burden of Fibromyalgia, Work and Disability ; 24. What's the Prognosis? ; 25. The Future Holds a Lot of Hope ; Appendix 1: Resource Information ; Appendix 2: Glossary ; Index