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Only a licensed Rheumatologist or specialized pain management physician should diagnose FMS, or any other illness for you. But, I can tell you that there IS a diagnostic test for FMS, if so diagnosed, you can qualify for disability, as I have. After my State disability ran out, I applied for full disability through Social Security. My claim was denied the first time, I had a Hearing, and I won. I should add that I used an attorney when filing my Social Security claim. There are attornies that only handle this kind of work. Social Security paid my attorney's fees once my claim was approved.

Furthermore, there are articles now published for jurisprudence cases. One good one is called "Innovations in Soft-Tissue Jurisprudence", by W. McKinley Smiley, Jr., J.D., LLM, Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, FL, Jeffrey R. Cram, Ph.D, Nevada City, CA, Michael S. Margoles, MD, Ph.D, San Jose, CA, Thomas J. Romano, MD, Ph.D, Wheeling, West Virginia and John Stiller, MD, Plant City, FL (Authors), published in the Trial Diplomacy Journal.

Contact the following FMS organizations for information and copies of articles:
Fibromyalgia Network, P.O. Box 31750, Tucson, AZ 85751, (800) 853-2929; The Fibromyalgia Alliance of America, P.O. Box 21990, Columbus, OH 43221, (614) 457-4222

Books available include "The Fibromyalgia Supporter", by Mark J. Pellegrino, MD (1997), and Dr. Pellegrino has at least three other books on the market, ie. "Fibromyalgia, Managing the Pain" (1993), "The Fibromyalgia Survivor", where no subject relevant to FMS is left untouched. Dr. Pellegrino is both physician and patient and his books are written with liberal use of humor.

Best of luck