Do you have to have tender points to have fibro?

Yes. You may not get total agreement on this, though. FMS is not very well understood, and there are lots of opinions. What are your symptoms?

well, I have tmj 2 dislocated discs (had mri) and I had
really bad muscle spasms in jaw , neck, back, even down to legs and feet. I started to see a tmj dr and my neck,back are doing better, but recently he has been bringing down the bite and the calf cramps are back
really strange!!!!

How about you?

i have more then the18 tender points.when rhumy touches them you almost have to pull me off the ceiling.but from what i understand, not everyone has them.
kathy

I have 2 bulging and one herniated disk, and these can cause all kinds of wierd things to happen in your body, depending on if nerves are pinched. I have been dx'd with fibro for 20 years, have had symptoms for 30 or more. When I hurt my back, the specialist said he wouldn't be surprised if I didn't even have fibro, as bad disks can cause all the same symptoms, and they don't suspect bad disks in young people so would not look into it. He thought maybe I had bad disks in other parts of my spine that were not MRI'd. Well I had an MRI done on my upper back, and I don't have problems there, so I guess I'm stuck with both diagnoses.I have many, many tender points. My chiropracter has a chart of trigger points in his office, and I have every one of them! Mine don't hurt so much on the surface, but are very tender when pressed and feel like bad bruises. I've figured out that I have Myofascial Pain Syndrome as well, which causes the tender spots and is usually linked with fibro. Larry on this board can tell you all about it.