I have read the threads regarding choking and inability to swallow -- and I now realize that can be an urgent problem.

My question is more about understanding what is happening to my throat on a less urgent level. My neck and throat feel like -- what I remember as the how the beginning of a bad cold feels, tight, deep ache, like you have swollen glands -- but I don't have a red Throat or swollen glands. Just these a hit feelings. Are these feelings from small scale muscle weakness or spasms? It happens mostly in the evening and I makes me generally feel miserable.

Also along this line, sometime while eating, when I swallow it feels like my food suddenly turns square and won't go down. It is not stuck in my throat but feels like it is stuck on the way to the stomach. Sometimes this radiates to a really big pain. I stop eating, walk around for a few minutes and When I can I swallow some pepto and that seems to calm things down a lot.

So what is going on in your experience? Should this be explained to Neuro doc or GP doc? How would you describe it as I think my rambling paragraphs above would make a doctors eyes glaze over?
Advice and Input is welcome.