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Brian Collins wrote: > > On Wed 23 Apr, Richard Doyle wrote: > > snip > > > > I have tightness around my neck like a band being pulled tight -- then this > > feeling moves up to my head, squeezing my head tight. This makes my vision > > blurry. My lower ribs also feel like there's a band tightening. My heart > > valve then thumps so loudly that it scares the heck out of me. When I was > > taking the Permax, all of this was painful. Then I stopped the Permax, and > > the symptoms went away. Now, much to my dismay, they're back, but they're > > not painful yet. > > > > Any ideas out there? > > > > > Hello Richard, I have tried to visualise some way that Parkinson's could > contreibute to your problem, but I can't. It seems more likely to me that > the main contributor is likely to be your cardio-vascular system. > -- > Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> It certainly could be cardiovascular and that should be checked out first. These symptoms can also be consistant with a panic attack. That is a treatable neurochemical/psychiatric disorder which can be treated with meds and behavior therapy. I want to emphasize however that the most likely cause given your history is cardiovascular and/or med related and those possibilities should be investigated first. Charlie -- ********************************************************** CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. MADISON, WISCONSIN [log in to unmask] **********************************************************