Oh yes and it sux!!I think it's scary cause u never know if it's something more serious.

I get chest pain all the time. At first I thought it was something serious. My doctor related it to the fibro. Just another symptom that really reaks!

Me too! I used to think it was a heart thing, but then my doctor would stick her finger in the trigger point between by chest and OOUCH! I have my massage therapist work on my collar bone and chest area which helps those muscles relax.

I had a bunch of tests on my heart, thought I was having a heart attack a couple of times. Now I massage the area and can't wait to find a masseuse that takes my ins. Yes it does suck along with a long list of other things. :)

OMG they are soooo scary. I just don't understand this disorder.

I agree, this is one of the scarier things about this illness. I get horrendous chest pain and that pressure when it is about to storm too. If I had a heart attack, I would never know it. FM people also tend to get something called costochondritis (sp?) which is inflammed chest wall-had that a couple of times too. I think the only way to really tell if it is your heart, is if you press on the muscle and it hurts when you press--I don't know. That is what I do because heart disease is rampant in my family with women -at a young age too. Scary stuff.

I am in the same boat...mine is a pressurized pain. As far as confusing it with a heart attack, I know a little bit, my 46 year old female friend had one this summer...For her, and most women, no chest pain was involved..
Look for back pain (like you need a good massage between shoulders), upper arm numbness or pain, shortness of breath, and excessive sweating...Those were her symptoms and her cardiologist said they are pretty typical for women.....Smiles, Cathi

Yep, I get them, too. I didn't know for a long time that it was fom the fibro. Then my doc had me do a stress test and had to go have a heart thing done where they run a wire into your chest from your groin. I have been fogging all day so forgive me for not being able to think of the name of the test! Gosh I hate the fogs!! Anyway, the cardiologist said I have a heart as strong as good as a babys. But, the darn fibro is so convincing the doc even thought something was going wrong with my heart. Nowadays I move my arms up and down, if it can bring on the pain, I know it's the fibro. Still scary, tho!

yes i have this too, I have been trew all the chest test for the heart and thank god they are all neg, but no answer in why i have all this pain.

Yes, oddly, I do. I think it's more of the strain when I have worse days of breathing or a panic attack. Those attacks can send me spiraling into a flare like insanity.

So it's not uncommon. At least not for me. :-)

I was dx'd with costochondritis a year before CFS or fibro. the chest pain was so bad I went into convulsions because my lungs wouldn't expand when I tried to breathe.

Yeah, no fun at all.

However, it is important not to write off new pains as "just something else caused by fibro."

Because it may *not* be just something else caused by fibro. It could be something much more serious and deadly.

You need to discuss all new symptoms, pains, aches, and especially the depression with your doctor.

I have had incidences of chest pains since I was thirteen. It has gotten more frequent over time. Doesn't matter if I am sedentary or active. A little scary but I have had EKGs, echocardiograms, etc. and always have been told my heart is fine.

it feels good to know that others have the same thing i do..

That means i not insane when i cant breath

Someone on this site talked about anything where we strain forward, like typing will agrivate what MDs are calling 'chestwall pain'. Well I recently had to give up a volenteer position where I did do some typing, and it has largely resolved. Hope thaat helps, as it was, for me the worst pain that came /c FMS. Now osteoporsis induced fractures of the spine have topped everything, so ladies beware. Start Mag/Cal /c Vit D & K. yesterday!! Or else someone will offer you fosamax, and that is another poison to avoid.

That is how this all started! Major pain in my chest after I had a virus back in Sept 2006. Never went away completely. Had a bad flare in Feb 2006 that put me in the hospital the pain was so severe. They ran heart tests, lung tests, MRI's, CAT scans, blood tests you name it! One more test to go and then they will "officially" call it Fibro. Never experienced such horrible pain in my life! Burning, pain, fatigue, not sleeping ugh! At least we have each other for support! Hang in there!