| Fibromyalgia is a very controversial disorder | | | | migraines at lower intensity. Although it can't be |
| among the medical community, doctors having | | | | considered a crucial detail, this fact may suggest |
| divergent opinions about the actual causes and | | | | that fibromyalgia has in fact a pronounced |
| risk factors of the disease. While some groups of | | | | neurological character and that the symptoms it |
| medical scientists theorize that fibromyalgia is in | | | | generates are real, not self-induced as previously |
| fact a purely psychological disorder, its symptoms | | | | speculated by certain groups of psychologists and |
| (generalized fatigue, muscular pain and stiffness, | | | | psychiatrists. |
| joint rigidity) being self-induced, other groups | | | | Some medical scientists believe that there is a |
| believe that the disorder has a clear medical | | | | neurological connection between migraines and |
| background and its symptoms are of neurological | | | | fibromyalgia, and are currently aiming to explore |
| cause. Although the debates continue upon this | | | | this relation in order to find the exact causes of |
| matter, a recent discovery suggests that | | | | the disorder. Certain groups of neurologists claim |
| fibromyalgia is in fact a neurological disorder. | | | | that by controlling the migraines which occur in |
| Apart from fatigue, muscular pain and joint | | | | most patients with fibromyalgia, doctors will |
| stiffness, many patients with fibromyalgia report | | | | actually be able to control the causative disease |
| being confronted with intense, recurrent migraines. | | | | as well. |
| While other symptoms of fibromyalgia can be | | | | Medical scientists have also established connections |
| successfully alleviated and controlled both with | | | | between migraines (as well as other symptoms |
| neurological and psychiatric treatments, the | | | | of fibromyalgia) and the existence of fibromyalgia |
| migraines experienced by fibromyalgia patients are | | | | tender points in all patients with the disorder. |
| very persistent and continue to be perceived | | | | Neurologists theorize that the presence of these |
| even after intensive treatment. | | | | tender points is another indicator for the |
| However, despite the fact that both patients who | | | | neurological nature of fibromyalgia. They believe |
| receive neurological treatment and patients who | | | | that by understanding exactly how these tender |
| receive psychiatric treatment are still confronted | | | | points are linked with fibromyalgia, they will be |
| with migraines after completing their course of | | | | able to solve the mystery regarding the true |
| medications, patients who follow neurological | | | | causes of the disorder and also find efficient |
| treatments gradually begin to experience | | | | treatments and therapies in the near future. |