All too often, doctors or other health-care providers are uneducated about fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS). It’s common for us to be told the doctor/provider doesn’t “believe in” our illness, that it’s all in our heads, that we’re just whining about the normal aches and pains of aging, that we’re making it up, etc. I haven’t personally had a doctor say anything like this to me, but I’ve heard enough horror stories that I always have a lot of anxiety about seeing a new doctor.