My 16 year old son has fibro and had growing pains growing up but especially in his neck. I would recommend the book "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Pediatric Fibromyalgia" by Dr. St. Amand. My son is soooo much better after following the protocol in this book for three years and I am so grateful his pain is under control now.

I can't think that far back lol regarding growing pains. I don't know the research on hereditary to respond to this and I pray that your daughter does not get FM. I do know that anxiety and depression can be inherited and that personality types that are anxious along with neuromuscular tendencies can turn the genetic switch for chronic pain disease. Underlying chronic distress is definitely in the mix and I know many who have "big hearts" that have ended up in the people helping profession and have ended up with chronic pain. I can clearly see the hereditary factor in my family with my mom dealing with clinical depression, my brother has clinical depression and peripheral neuropathy. We will pray for your daughter and all of our kids. Woman as you know are also more at risk of FM which may be because the pain center is next to the emotional center and woman are clearly more emotional in most cases than men. The book men are from Mars and Women are from Venus is a good one. I like to think that women have spaghetti brains with emotion running everywhere and never ending, i.e., things come to women's minds out of the blue from years ago. Men have waffle brains and tend to compartmentalize thoughts and feelings in the little squares. lol So I have gone beyond to answer the question - I am also ADHD lol. Loves to all

I had growing pains as I grew up . Can't remember when they stopped . But always have had aches and pains in my legs and shoulders was always told eat bananas. Lack of patasium. This is interesting to know . Thank you for sharing this

Hi I do worry as well I have three daughters and two of them show signs of generalized pain and joint pain. I worry so much because I know what it is to be living with Fibro since I was 13 years old. Fibro is in my father's side in abundant. Your worries are valid. Keep an eye without making your daughter worry about an illness that maybe will not affect her. Best of luck to you and me!!!! Keep in touch please.

When I was diagnosed earlier this year, that's one of the questions my rheumatologist asked me. He also noticed that I have extra loose joints, AKA I'm severely double jointed! He said these two things are early indicators for someone to possibly develop Fibro. The reason for it, he said, was because it's an early sign of high pain tolerance. Crazy, eh? Plus, as we know, if one person in the family has it, the chances increase. I have an aunt who has it. For her it developed after she had knee replacement surgeries and then was diagnosed with diabetes. The good news for us is that we're aware of it now and we can help the children with the early signs of it and get them started with treatment earlier.