Hello. I have a psycho-physical problem to be explained here, please, yet it's easier to quote the post of another man/woman which explains exactly my situation as follows, over a year ago (the thread was blocked, hence made me broach it anew by starting the following post). s/he says: "Hi everyone...im 19 yrs old, i experiencing this uncomfortable feeling in my neck for the longest time. my neck always feels heavy, full, thick, and like there is a lot of pressure on it. before all this was happening i had a real hard time catching my breath it was scary i would feel like i had to yawn to breathe, i would see doctors and they would say don't worry your fine...but i felt so uncomfortable. so i fianlly went and saw a specialist and he said it was as if i was running a half a marathon everyday and he diagnosed me with poor lung function because i wasn't treated. i was then put on prednesone for 7 weeks and it helped the breathing and in the process it helped my neck. i didn't feel that pressure when i was on it, i felt good. but it suxed because i had to get off of it because my breathing was better and i started getting a fullness in my face as a side effect. but im still suffering with this feeling an it is really thick full feeling everyday, i went to to see a thyroid specialist and she said everything showed negative i got an antibodies test and blood test. and she wasn't even really listening to what i was saying i felt so rushed, so im going to get a secong opinion nect week, i have gotten an MRI, X-RAY CAT SCAN, barrium swallow but everything showed up negative then why do i still feel like this. so i went to see an ENT today and he said he felt bad because i was in there last year around the same time for the same problem but it wasn't solved so he said i have a lot of post nasal drip which i do have cause of the lungs all the mucus coming up especially after i eat. it's like glue like, real gross. it's like web but im not on any allergy medications because i wasn't sure if that was the problem and i didn't want to go on ti if that wasnt it. i want to rule out everything. so here i am. so the ENT said i should see an gastrologist does that sound like it could be for my problem he said you can sometimes get that spasm if mucous comes up even if you don't feel it it's there and it feels stuck. but i don't have acidy type thing or heart burn i don't have any of that. im just so tired because i want something to work but it hasn't be solved yet because i haven't gotten a diagnosis. and i can't take any allergy medication because he said that will mask the problem when the guy goes down my throat with the scope, the gastrologist, so please does anybody have any advice for me it would be greatly appreciated...or does this sound like anything anybody out there has does anybody have any feedback...anything there not just words this is my life, just like everyone else on here, were on here for help so please anyone~Alyssa~ ? " --Guest, over a year ago. _________________________________________ So, I (female, 34, single; slim and below weight; regular blood pressure 12//8 or below) am experiencing exactly the same HEAVY thing all along the neck up towards the back of my head and maybe (I'm not sure) bilaterally towards both ears, as if lateral ligaments, muscles, tissue and even the upper cervical vertebrates (c1, c2) are not feeling easy. I am also suffering from frequent daily attacks of anxiety/fear (of no reason, maybe by thinking about the future that seems to be quite vague and fearful and by thinking about the past that was full of failures) which is followed by a cramp/pain in abdomen and urgent need to bowel (severe diarrhea). sorry for the bad conduct in English, I'm from Iran (so can't talk fluently, specifically now that I feel to have slight problem with memory and thinking). I have also been on antidepressants (Sertraline, chlordiazepoxide, Valproate Sodium) for 8 months now, yet unfortunately due to my low motivation, I didn't use them regularly. It's also been 3 months that I have had periods of abnormal (diarrhea) and normal toilet routines, yet most of it was diarrhea. :( specifically last two months was a hell (full of stress) and it's been a week now that I have visited the psychiatrist and used chlordiazepoxide and sertraline again yet regularly, but diarrhea and heavy neck/head is now killing me. this heavy thing comes in and goes totally away, appears and disappears regularly (when I started this post it was killing me and I thought it must have its roots in brain tumor or carotid artery problem, yet now it is barely bothering or is totally gone) (also it's been a year that at nights when I turn my head on the pillow from one side to the other, I may hear some slight sound with the bones of cervical vertebrae back of my neck as if they are grinding very slightly or even breaking. the sound is very low and quick like "chlik chlik chlik"). GAG reflex (when urged to empty that yellow mucus when I get a flu or have a soar throat) is quite common and it takes me VERY huge energy, such that I feel all my heart and brain are getting out of my mouth and the HEAVY parts (neck and back-head) turns to exactly comply with the places that I feel pressure on (during emptying the mucus). very sorry for the bad and disgusting words