A few months ago, I woke in the middle of the night with back pains and chest pain so bad I could hardly breathe. It hurt to even move. For a minute I seriously thought it was a heart attack. This continued every night for 4 weeks. It always started about 2 hours after I fell asleep and it would take 1-2 hours for the pain to subside. I finally went to my doctor. She said it was muscle spasms. She did not perform any tests, just one thoracic X-ray. She gave me a muscle relaxer and a pain reliever. It didn't help one bit. I also tried IcyHot patches and Thermacare wraps. I even went to a chiropractor. I called my doctor back and her response was to send me to PT because the X-ray showed nothing. Her assistant told me that I was really feeling the pain all day but I only noticed it at night because I didn't have anything to distract my mind. So it probably was my back. I refused PT and told her she needed to come up with something better. Clearly this is not a muscle spasm. I was sent to the hospital for a CT scan. The next day they sent me back to my old GI stating that there were abnormalities in the CT scan. About 13 years ago I was diagnosed with UC and it has been terrible the last two years. The doctors are telling me that all of that pain is directly related to the UC. Not sure if I believe that. I have only had 2 episodes with the crazy night pain since getting back on meds. But, I'm still miserable- diarrhea and all that other lovely stuff. Has anyone had a similar experience?