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Exertion Headache

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For a while I've been getting migraines and I think they now link to exertion headache as after I'm active like walking my head is throbbing and squeezing, usually at the back but can be all over. It lasts for a while most of the time but can be only a few minutes also sensitive to touch. I get a little giddy as well but that's about it no nausea or vomiting. I get it in the forehead as well which I'm sure is my migraine and anxiety. They seem to go together unfortunately.

I was wondering if anyone else here gets this?

And if you do what do you do to alleviate this? 

I mostly lay in bed and watch a movie and eventually it passes. 

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  • blank space said:
    For a while I've been getting migraines and I think they now link to exertion headache as after I'm active like walking my head is throbbing and squeezing,

    The other posters here have talked about the most likely causes, but I thought it worth asking if you wear a mask when you are out or if you find yourself holding your breath a lot.

    These can reduce the oxygen flow to the brain resulting in headaches too, so if you are breathing freely then it won't be this, but I thought it worth checking.

  • in reply to Iain

    Good point. I find breathing weird to be honest, I feel like I forget to breathe sometimes as at times I gasp for breath and my lungs hurt - usually this occurs when I'm anxious and outside my comfort zone.

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