I had a Dutch GP who said that fibromyalgia and M.E were considered the same illness in his country.
There are some Australian "CFS" specialists (well ones in my state of Adelaide) who do believe thatt they are the same thing too. I had one CFS specialist here put me onto fibromyalgia drugs at a time I didnt even have it and wasnt getting any of that kind of pain. I told him but he just ignoredme and goes "we'll try this".
When I went back next appointment he goes "how's your all over pain now?" .. and Im like What?? I told you I dont get any of that any more and hadnt for a long time and you still insisted I went onto the FM drug and of cause it didnt do a thing. His response was just "you can come off of it now". This CFS specialist had also previously said FM and ME/CFS were the same thing.
This soo bugged me, I was needlessly put onto a drug for a symptom I didnt have (while the symptoms I did have were ignored) esp when I have MCS and can get some very bad drug reactions when trying drugs. I wont let myself be pushed into that kind of situation again.
So it bugs me when the media confuses ME and FM but I guess with the current state of affairs as horrific as they are, we cant expect too much.