Guest GaryRN Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 I have this much of the time and it feel like the carotids are going to explode. It a feeling of both pressure and fullness in the carotids.Can anyone relate to this ?Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valliali Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 i get an unbelievable pressure in my carotids, as well as my whole head. it corresponds to my heart rate. i feel and hear a pounding and whooshing that corresponds to my heart rate. and i feel as if all the blood vessels in my neck and head will explode. it is truly horrific, i totally understand. fortunately, i learned that mine is WAY WAY WAY worse in low pressure/high humidity environments. so i moved to california and am not nearly as affected by it. but i still get that feeling a few times a week, for an hour or two, and it is really unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 yeah i get this as well. My doc said it was from norepinephrine choking the carotid arteries. In my tilt they found reduced carotid artery flow down to about 40% normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjan Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 YESSS!!! But I thought it was from acid relux.. Had an ultra sound of Carotids and they were fine.No wonder.. I'll run this past my doc.Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan617 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Constantly and my jugulars will get very distended in an upright position also ( it's bad enough people have commented on it) ...horrible sensations. morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbriggs Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Mine feels like someone is choking me. It makes my ears clog up and my head gets horrible pressure. It is one of the symptoms that bothers me the most!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valliali Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 abbriggs, i get that exact same sensation. my ears get full, neck full, and a horrible pressure in my head. and i can hear and feel whooshing in my ears. it's probably my worst symptom.have you had any tests to see what is causing this? i have only had a brain MRI. non contrast. my doctors never seem to take this symptom seriously. but i cannot stress enough how intense it is. a feeling that intense is definitely not normal. have you had any suggestions as to what it may be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy_Ireland Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I don't get a feeling of pressure but I do hear a constant whooshing in my ears. It's there all the time and gets much worse as my POTS goes through bad times. Often it's so loud that I cannot hear small sounds around me over it, like footsteps approaching or rain/wind outside. It's incredibly annoying.When it gets really bad my left ear makes a squeeking noise on every heart beat too. Not fun when it's 150 times a minute!The only thing that ever offers relief is to sit quietly with my hands applying light pressure on my neck. That shushes it for a few seconds.Sometimes I have to do that to hear something soft in another room or outside.I thought I was the only one with these symptoms. Really I love potsplace more every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_lupine06 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yes...omg yes, I have the whooshing, the tight feeling in my neck , and anytime i sing ( yeah i know , not the brightest of ideas for a potsie but ) my carotids get very distended , so much that my mom has commented that she didnt want them to pop o.o. yes I got the choked feeling too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenwic Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one. It is sometimes worst at night when I first lay down. I wonder what can help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbriggs Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 No, I have not had any testing done. Mine started with my pregnancy with my daughter. Every time I would have a contraction my neck would feel like someone was choking me. Dr. Levine in dallas told me that it was my muscles contracting in my neck. Mine is really bad with I first start falling asleep at night or after a big meal. I would love to know what it is. I will have it for 6 months and then I will go away as quickly as it came on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbriggs Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 No, I have not had any testing done. Mine started with my pregnancy with my daughter. Every time I would have a contraction my neck would feel like someone was choking me. Dr. Levine in dallas told me that it was my muscles contracting in my neck. Mine is really bad with I first start falling asleep at night or after a big meal. I would love to know what it is. I will have it for 6 months and then I will go away as quickly as it came on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbella Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 i get chocking with chest pain, heart beat and pressure in ears. now hissing drives me crazy!!!!! pressure is much better when they adjust my thyroid.i play background noise all the time to try to mask it we are not alone, can you hear me now? LOL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valliali Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 kathy ireland- have you had intracranial hypertension ruled out? i'm wondering how many of you guys have pressure in your head as a symptom that goes along with the whooshing and neck tightness? like unbelieveable pressure? mine feels like there is too much blood in my head. wayyyyyyyyyyy too much blood. or like it's become tar. and my blood pressure has always been normal during these times. sometimes this kind of pressure lasts hours, even days, and i cannot function. it is MUCH MUCH MUCH worse in humid weather right before it's about to rain. but i have NO answers which bothers me a lot because it is soooooooooo intense.does anyone have any ideas about what is causing our pressure complaints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan617 Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 This is a symtpom I have when the BP is skyrocketing. I can hear my pulse in my ears, or just one ear. it drives me nuts.Now, for some reason, totally unknown to me, my BP seems to have dumped, but my body still acts like it's shoving upward, even at lower pressures, I still get the rushes or "surges" as I like to call them. And my beautiful scarlet throat. morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 yeah i can relate to the pressure feeling and most of what people have said bar the weather connection (MAYBE THERE IS ONE BUT IVE NEVER TAKEN ENOUGH NOTICE ) i get migraines as well which can make me feel similar but only on one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy_Ireland Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 kathy ireland- have you had intracranial hypertension ruled out?I don't think I have had intracranial hypertension ruled out. I've never heard of it before now but have just looked it up. According to stats 98% of people have an extremely bad and constant headache with it.I don't have that thank God. 58% of people have whooshing in the ears thats only resolved my placing hands over the jugular vein and that's definitely me. Does anyone else find this relieves it? I have generally very low blood pressure so that I should have this constant whooshing often surprises me. I find it's one of the many symptoms doctors tend to pay absolutely no attention to when I bring it to their attention. I've tried using ear plugs at night for it when it's bad and keeping me awake and I think they can help a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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