Headaches

[emily_in_nc]

This seems high to me - my resting pulse is 51.
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51 is off the charts low here. 68 is above average (still very good).

Emily

[energizer622]

YES!!!!!!!
I have suffered from the EXACT same symptoms, in umm all cases mentioned. Holding your breath under water also does it to me. They are exertion headaches and a type of migrane. Like you, they lasted 2-3 days and came on like a gunshot in the head. A very rythmic, pounding headache. I went to my regular physician who gave me migrane meds which turned me into a zombie. Ride??????? I couldn't find my way home in a car. I did a combination of things. I went to a neurological chiropractor who did some really funky things which may have worked, however I think even more importantly I was diagnosed with a Magnesium shortage. I would try taking Magnesium and see what happens. Do not take Mg combined with calcium. I take Magnesium glycinate by the manufacturer Pure. It is pharmaceutical grade and far superior to the stuff you might pick up at Walmart.....
This was one of the most painful things I have ever gone through.

Best wishes,
Marcia
WI
PS I was 41 at the time, and also on birth control pills. I was immediately taken off those as well. That may have had an effect too.

[traveller_62]

Granny M, I think energizer has hit on something. Could be exertion induced migraine. The magnesium supplement idea is a good one if this is the case. Slow release niacin (a B vitamin) is also worth pursuing. You'll have to check with your pharmacist for the slow-release kind.

I know it sounds goofy but you might try taking a couple of aspirin and drinking a Coke or Pepsi (regular, not diet) before you ride. I've suffered from migraine headaches for 25 years and sometimes the combo of aspirin, caffeine, and sugar will actually ward off a migraine.I think the caffeine and sugar just help to get the aspirin in your system faster.

I wish you luck because I feel your pain, literally!

-traveller

[RoadRaven]

Has anyone mentioned your helmet?

A friend I was racing with a few weeks ago arrived at the finish line a while after me... she had developed a headache during the course of the race... I think she was wondering if she would actually get to the finish line...

It turns out she had tightened the strap inside the helmet (not the chin straps, but the plastic-ky bit that sits under the helmet itself) so much that it was giving her driving pain

[wabisabi]

I also get these headaches, had one yesterday that was evil. Sometimes I get nausea and vomit with mine. In my case, after a number of years, I concluded that there is a way that I move my head sometimes that causes something to press on the nerve/blood vessel, and when that is happening, I get a terrible exertion headache. Biking and sex can do it. Dehydration can also bring it on, as can lack of sleep. I get cranial sacral work done, which seems to help, as it seems to me to be a "mechanical" problem, probably myofascial. I am also careful about how I move and my sleeping position. I haven't noticed that supplements make a difference, although I think I may try magnesium by itself.

[SadieKate]

51 is off the charts low here. 68 is above average (still very good).

Emily

This chart seems awfully high. Conditioned athletes are frequently in the 30s and 40s in the morning, this old bod included.

I can hit 52 futzing away here in my office middle of the day.

[maillotpois]

Has anyone mentioned your helmet?

A friend I was racing with a few weeks ago arrived at the finish line a while after me... she had developed a headache during the course of the race... I think she was wondering if she would actually get to the finish line...

It turns out she had tightened the strap inside the helmet (not the chin straps, but the plastic-ky bit that sits under the helmet itself) so much that it was giving her driving pain

I've done this, too! Some days, depending on how big my hair is that day, my helmet can be tightened and other days it can't. That's always the first thing I check when I start feeling a headache coming on while riding.

[Eden]

I've done this, too! Some days, depending on how big my hair is that day, my helmet can be tightened and other days it can't. That's always the first thing I check when I start feeling a headache coming on while riding.

That might explain the bike riding, but the sex..........wow if you need a helmet

[SadieKate]

Sunglassses pinching my temples.

My, we are a delicate lot.

[salsabike]

Thanks for that guffaw!

That might explain the bike riding, but the sex..........wow if you need a helmet