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Emily, I had a similar problem for many years before I was DX w/ PD! The Dr's had me on nitro patches and everything for over 10 yrs.Even after DX, it took a trip to NPF web sie and an article by Dr Lieberman on the Autonomic Nervous System ( 2 parts) to make the connection. I was breathing at normal rate, only taking very shallow breaths. I was forgetting to take in full inspirations ..... now concentrating on this and using an alerbuterol inhaler to open bronchial tubes has made a real difference. If Julian sits a lot or sits "hunched over", this will also interfere with full inspirations. Inow try to walk as much as I can ( when I can) and concentrate on the breathing. On AM's like today when it is 10 below, I wear a paper mask (Walmart hardware dept. ) to keep the cold air from entering directly. No more chest pains,and no nitros. I was to the point that on a regular stress test, I was going into an MI ..... cholesterol at 145 ..... and angiogram was great - Dr's never checked volume of air, etc. They couldn't figure what was going on even with tremors,and other symptoms since age 36!! Small editorial: Realizing that we all react to this experience dfferently, the soluton could be very simple and again no meds to disguise the real problem while masking the symptoms ! The Dr's may practice, but we must work to help ourselves .......Hope this helps! The Best to you folks in your search, Drink upstream from the herd....... Rob From: "Emily and Julian Brinac" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: Tightness in the chest > TO: ALL > > Does anyone experience tightness in the chest form time to time or on regular basis? My husband has cardiogram done and chest x-ray. These were normal. I wonder if this tightness is associated with PD? > Emily > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn