Male fibromyalgia symptoms

So for the past several months ive had all types of pain.

Oct 2014 sciatica

Nov 2014 numbness/tingling in left foot, leg, hand and arm. MRI done normal. B12 was low and was told this was cause.

Dec 2014 lightheaded, dizzy, unbelievable head pressure, weak.

Jan 2015 went to ENT doc and had ct scan. Small sinus cyst found. Was told this didn't pose a threat and there was a small chance this was causing my problems.

Jan 10,2015 Went to PCP and he did bloodwork. Had first chest pain this day. Blood work normal. Took tums for chest pain. It subsided some.

For about 10 days after this each day chest pain progressed. I went and had EKG and chest xray. They were normal. Went to cardiologist and had EKG and stress test. They were normal.

For a month chest pain subsided. Then on Saturday February 21 2015 was laying in recliner. Chest pain started again. Didn't think much of it. Then for about a week it progressed to include left shoulder, arm, neck...typical heart attack symptoms.

A week later had another EKG. It was normal. At this point the chest pain changed. It started to incorporate left rib cage. Went to cardiologist on March 9, 2015. Cardiologist says not cardiac pain. He did do nuclear stress test, echocardiogram, cardiac ct to be sure. All normal.

Friday, march 20, 2015, had ct of chest to rule out any lung problems. Normal ct.

Since then I felt like my entire rib cage into my shoulder blades has Hurt. I know all this sounds a lot like anxiety. But the pain is very real. I'm also having muscle spasms. A couple weeks ago I had a sharp tearing feeling up near my collar bone on left side. I then had a heat rush and broke out into sweat. I feel like that was anxiety attack.

Thursday, May 14, 2015 had sharp pain in back on right side. Next day woke up vomiting. Went to hospital. Gallbladder scan done and nuclear test. Gallbladder was removed Friday as it was only functioning 8%. surgery went well. Recovery going ok but I still feel like I'm having some musculoskeletal pain. My chest feels tight up close to my neck which is frightening at times. My leg muscles are sore.

Could this be fibromyalgia or could this pain have been brought on my nearly non functioning gall bladder?

Hi, RWC, and welcome! You sure have been through a lot. I hope that it turns out that your gall bladder was causing you the problems. As Gina said, an infected gall bladder can cause a lot of pain. Also, the gall bladder could have been causing your chest pain! The pain you are describing now sounds like tight muscles. You might have been so tense when you had the chest pain and now these muscles need to settle down. Im not a doctor but am guessing here.A gentle massage might do you a world of good.

If your symptoms continue and you think you might have fibromyalgia, you should see a rheumatologist and be checked out. There are other illnesses that have many of the same symptoms as Fibro and these need to be ruled out.

There is also something called costochondritis that can cause chest and rib pain.

Check out Fibro 101...the first thread on the forum. There are,links about Fibro there and you will learn a lot. There is a link about costochondritis and you can see if this sounds like what you are experiencing. There is another link that describes Fibro. It's called A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia. This can give you a better idea if Fibro could be your problem. All of Fibro 101 is good so do read it.

Here is a link from the Mayo Clinic that tells you some causes of chest pain. An inflamed gall bladder as well as costochondritis are mentioned.

www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chest-pain/basics/causes/con-20030540

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you. Mope to hear more from you soon.

Sherrine