okay let me ask all of you who suffer with the shoulder pain and chest pain.

what if anything helps? i have been given soma nd naproxin as well as cyymbalta from the neuro who dxed me. this last flare i guess you would call it started out with insomnia.

i feel as if i have a knife in my back shoulder blade and there is pain.......not as severe unless i breathe deep accross the inner side of the left breast that goes around under the rib cage.

my neuro reffered me to a rheumy however that will take some time and i am in pain!!! would you go to the emergency room or see your pcp?

The way you describe eyour pain it kind of sounds like thoracic outlet syndrome...{TOS}.
have you ever had any repetitive strain injuries?
hand , arm or neck pain?

we get the knife in the back pain & some have had spasms in the rib muscles that will affect the inter coastal nerve. causing rib/chest pains and deep breathing problems.

If you would like to learn more about TOS see our forum about it -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html


It does have quite a few symptoms in common with FM - esp the myofascial symptoms.

I have a condition in my chest called "tse tse syndrome" but the technical name is intrachostal chondritis. It can mimic a heart attack and has with me a good many times. It's inflammation of the soft tissue in and around the ribs. Very, very unpleasant. It's always there but when it's especially bad, I find that slouching with my posture will often set it off and just lying down or sitting up straight will ease it. It also seems to be affecting the tissues in my right shoulder where I also have a severe tendonitis.

I don't have Fibromyalgia, but like Grizabella, I had Tietze's Syndrome some years back. As she rightly said it's an inflamation of the connective tissue between the ribs, and it's proper name is Costochondritis.

It's an extremely unpleasant condition which involves the front of the chest or the shoulders, or both. It can be quite painful, and is often mistaken for heart diseases like angina.

Costochondritis usually, but not always, involves one side of the breastbone. Sometimes the pain can extend to the shoulder or arm on the involved side. When costochondritis is accompanied by swelling of the areas surrounding the cartilage, the condition is called Tietze syndrome. .........

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/costo...article_em.htm

When I presented with this pain, I went through just about every heart test available, but naturally they were all normal. Eventually it went away by itself without any treatment at all.

This may not be what you have peekaboo, but it's something worth considering.

thanks to all of you for all your ideas.
i ended up in the emergency room and getting all the heart things ruled out i soooooo just wanted relief from pain and not to be poked and probed.

when i told the doc about recently being dxed with fibro as well having ms he tells me he now believes in fibro becuase he has a "code" so he can bill for it!

they found tso on the right side when trying to dxs the ms. meanwhile i saw my pcp and he gave me skalaxine and i live on a heating pad. i will see a rheumy next week thank the Lord.

never in my life have i endured such pain before. anyone who deals with this sort of pain on a regular basis has to be made of tough stuff!!! i can only pray relief is on the way.

Wow ,

It sure sounds like costco, I have it from the side to the front of my chest. But make sure there was no rash in the area as that would lead me to think shingles. But as long as you have ruled out the heart that's good.....

I am also a fibro sufferer and have these kinds of pain often, sometimes they are unbearable. nasaids, anti inflammatory, muscle relaxants, do help so does heat...

Sorry your in so much pain