Edits made in Photoshop gain contrast in Lightroom

I think this is a new one:
I'm running XP Home edition and using LR 1.1 with PS CS3. When I take an image into CS3 [ctrl + E] from LR and apply any kind of edit the saved image gained significant contrast when viewed in LR. This happens with dng, jpg, cr2, etc. And happens whether my preference for external edit file is psd or tif. This didn't happen before 7/11. I'm 90% certain that this didn't happen when I first switched over from 1.0 (the day Adobe released the 1.1 upgrade) although there was a recent CS3 update. Anyone else have this problem? It is not subtle. I am still running prophoto rgb in CS3 and my color management policies haven't changed.
Things like this drive me nuts and I've been obsessing about this for 4 days. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris Marker

Thanks Jao, yes I read that thread before, but my problem is different. The image looks great in LR, then [upon 'edit in external app'] great in PS and finally much brighter and more contrasty back in LR [after saving edit in PS]. If I create a copy to edit in PS, but don't touch the image in PS the 'edit' version looks identical to the original--let's say a DNG. If I make any edit in PS, for example I use the healing brush on a spot, then save the 'edit' copy it comes back into LR brighter and more contrasty than the orginal. I've looked in history in the Devo. module and am not seeing any adjustments or presets that are occurring [automatically] after the edit in ext. app.
I AM slowly going crazy.
Cheers,
Chris Marker

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