Despite continuing negativism from some medical professionals, there is now abundant evidence that fibromyalgia symptoms can be significantly helped by an individually crafted program of medications and gentle exercise. Fibromyalgia is not a psychiatric disorder, although there is good evidence that some FM patients share have an inherited predisposition to depressive illness. Furthermore, many antidepressant medications (e.g. amitryptiline, Duloxetine) have an effect on pain pathways that are independent of their effects on depresssion; the same can be said for some anti-epileptic medications (e.g. Neurontin, Lyrica).

The following links provide details of various management strategies: