Do you mean neck or throat. If its the throat, I get that from acid reflux.

Perhaps you are describing something different. When  I have it its hard to swallow - would that fit at all?

Hi,

Sorry its taken a while to reply, technical issues have meant Ive not had access to the forum untill the end of last week

I have a blood pressure monitor at home and have taken my blood pressure fairly regularly.  Normal resting is ususally about 135/85 ish depending on my stress levels.

When I have these episodes, depending on when i catch them as they ususally go after about 30 seconds - 1 minute or so, more often or not i get fairly low readings but nothing significant 115/75 ish or occasionally high 150/90 ish.  Sorry this information is a bit vague, Im going to try and document things better over this week.

Ive spoken to my GP who sees my blood pressure results as OK and wouldnt pursue this any further or look at a 24 hour monitor, however she has booked me in for a 24 hour ecg instead.

I will try and describe the symptoms again as well if I may;

It feels like my upper torso, my neck and throat and up into my ears and eyes fills with air pressure to the point of it feeling like my upper body cannot contain the pressure, even to the point that my ears sometimes fill and need popping.  That would be the worst, at other times it just feels like my neck and throat have this, Im thinking my neck muscles feel contracted as well so the whole area feels locked up.

It happens a lot when standing up?  or after a squeezy skipped heartbeat?  and when excerting myself not significantly ie when climbing stairs.

I am suffering from anxiety I am aware of that, I have a stressfull job which i am in the process of looking for new and hopefully better employment.  I get anxious in situations that I shouldnt and am struggling to exercise due to the skipped beats and pressure feeling I get if i try.

My GP has also asked me to start taking a mild antidepressant also which i havent done as yet.

I feel maybe exercise is the key, but I cant seem to get past these syptoms that stop me as they are such a profound feeling it makes me have to stop to 'recover'!

Thanks Stu

The blood pressure readings posted do not constitute a concern at all and I will share with you that I've encountered this presentation as explained by other patients over the years I was in practice. In no single instance was an underlying cause ever identified and in all instances the symptoms abated either permanently or for extended periods before arising again on a limited basis. In most of the instances captured while in the clinical setting, elevated blood pressure sometimes reaching 190/110 were observed in combination with mild to moderate sinus tachycardia, absent any chest pain or weakness.

It is of note, however, that the sensation of pressure such as that described is entirely inconsistent with blood pressure itself, which cannot be sensed in such a manner. The phenomenon appears to be more consistent with a sensory or feedback disturbance associated with the nervous system and does not appear to produce any other symptomatic features. I can tell you that in virtually all instances, the patients experiencing the phenomenon also demonstrated significant levels and patterns of anxiety over the course of time as a patient.

Please let me know the results of your Holter monitor and I'll look forward to hearing back from you at that time.

Best regards,

Rutheford Rane, MD (ret.)

Still waiting for my ECG

Body feels not good, then go to the hospital for examination, the doctor asked X-rayed, X-ray, MD wrote diagnosis, Diablo III itemsand then I took the diagnosis and film to the doctor. Surprisingly, the doctors took X-ray diagnosis began shaking his head,  his mouth Gee, I was immediately pumped wow cool, want to ask the doctor left how long results that doctors say is: "Oh, now young doctors, the handwriting is really bad. "

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