Weird Hyperlink Height Issue

Hey InDesign community,
This is my first time on the forums, and I come with a perplexing issue.
I'm using InDesign CS3 and creating documents that I am converting to PDF (using the "Adobe PDF Presets" and a modified version of "High Quality Print", including Bookmarks and Links). My problem is when I create a Hyperlink (text only) and then convert to PDF, the clickable hyperlink area is significantly taller than the line height. For instance:
This area is clickable
This area is clickable
This area is clickable
This is my  link  text.
This area is clickable
This area is clickable
This area is clickable
This is a rather large issue when I have mutliple links near each other because the link closer to the bottom of the page gets priority. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Quick Edit: The TOC links (bookmarks) do not have this problem.
Regards,
-Mike

So, I figured I'd try to make a quick test PDF and show you that one, unfortuately (or fortunately) those links worked fine. The ones from the other docs still do not, however. The screen shot from the problem PDF is below:
I used the same PDF settings and I went through the same link-making process to make the above as I did the one that works. Could it be somewhere in my paragraph or character styles? Here's how the boxes look in InDesign:
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