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INTRODUCTION: Depression has several ways to manifest: affective disorders, cognitive, sleep disturbance, difficulty in sexuality, appetite changes, behavioral changes, pain, paresthesia, headache, dizziness, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurovegetative etc. Can fibromyalgia be another way to manifest depression? Or would we be talking about a higher degree of injury to the body that is manifested in this way because of the depression continued throughout life as a result of difficulties experienced by women? Is what we identify as beyond depression. OBJECTIVE: To determine the causes of women who attributed the cause of fibromyalgia. Compare the current level of anxiety and depression, perceived health status of the group of women diagnosed with depression and those diagnosed with fibromyalgia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: in-depth interviews with 20 women with fibromyalgia, 52 women with depression in primary care. Systematic sampling in different age groups in different clusters-quota-patients with non-response replenishment. Analysis secondary sources. RESULTS: Women with fibromyalgia have increased work and family stress, perceived violence, perceived difficulties in childhood that women are only diagnosed depression. They also have a lower perception of their health. CONCLUSION: Women diagnosed with fibromyalgia have made enormous psychosocial difficulties throughout their lives that have been identified as causative factors. The most important thing is that the society and physicians understand the disease.
