Hi,

Gall bladder attacks are not usually dull. Usually, the attacks are pretty sharp, intense, agonizing, severe. And this severe pain caused insomnia, but only because I was whimpering too much to fall asleep.

Now, a consistently stuck stone might possibly? result in a dull pain, but... that's certainly not a typical gall bladder attack.

How long has this been going on?

You might want to seek out a professional to look into this for you. (I'd suggest a naturopathic doctor, but any doctor you trust...) It's extremely difficult to diagnose something like what you've described via the Internet, especially since none of us (I'm pretty sure none of us is) legally qualified to do so.

Good luck!

=-John-=

Ditty,
It sounds like what I had several times and they (doctors) think it was gallstones. I think the sharp pain usually shows up when the stone is moving. The pressure or bloating feeling is nearly always there in the beginning. Hope this helps.
...OldPilot

Sounds somewhat like what I experience. I have insomnia as well to a degree, either that or not enough physical activity causes difficulty in going to sleep.

I have dull pain under the right rib area and it extends out to my right side. At times the feeling is located in the central area of my chest at bottom of rib area, sometimes also a little up in the right shoulder area.

My ultrasound results have shown what appears to be polyps in the gallbladder. I've done a number of other tests and basically the only discrepancy is the "polyps". Discussions with my specialist at the moment centre around the fact the gallbladder appears healthy so not to do anything for now but watch the diet and improve the diet. I am doing herbs, vitamins, etc and I've done 3 flushes now to see what I might achieve by doing those and have had varying results, over recent weeks the pain/dull ache has subsided further. But this has been now going for almost a year but originally the pain was strong and debilitating in that I didn't want to get up or sit down. It was still not like a stone attack though, not intense enough from what I've heard.

It is still unclear if it is the "polyps" ot not. I am trying to get more physical activity.

cheers..

Yes, it COULD be the gallstones! I had the same problem for years and I didn't know what it was. But, one month after my second labor I got diarrhoea for two months, I went to the ultrasound and they found a lot of small gallstones. Two weeks after that I had the first serious gallbladder attack (once you had it, you will know exactly what it is). I recommand you to go to the ultrasound of your abdomen and you will know.
Good luck!
Dragana