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chrisproia
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Thanks guys, this was my problem. The variables were slightly different, but pretty much the same:
* I was in a different environment - I was working out in a hotel fitness room and the room was hot and not well ventilated (I ended up opening the door and the door to the heated pool which was connected, for circulation).
* I had taken my regular pre-workout shake that contains [healthy] stimulants (no ephedrine or whatnot). I had taken twice the normal dose (not unhealthy, just out of the ordinary).
* I was working out pretty extreme, and wasn't breathing properly (and the poor circulation and heat of the room didn't help).
As a result of a combination of all the above variables, I believe I caused both a lack of oxygen and an extraventicular blood flow to the brain (too much blood forced to the brain). According to the docotr's suggestion in the above post, it caused mild soft-tissue damage in that area of the back right side of my head.
The symptoms are as following:
* Severe pain, NOT described as "sharp" or "stabbing", in the back right lower side of my head and brain, close to the neck and adjacent to the right trapezius muscle. The area can be described in lamen as "the normal bulge in the right lower rear side of the head".
* No pain at any time except during strenuous lifting and exercise where blood flow is significantly increased to the brain.
* The pain increases with equivalent increased exertion once it begins, and likewise decreases gradually when exertion is ceased.
* If exertion is not ceased once the pain initializes, the pain increases exponentially until it becomes debilitating.
* 20 pull-ups which before did give a mild [normal] dizziness due to extreme exertion, currently give a much greater feeling of dizziness, almost to the point of fainting. The world begins to fade out as my blood pressure stabilizes, and then fades back in. I fear if I pushed myself further I would faint.
* I try to massage the area with my hand tenderly, but it does little (if anything besides the placebo effect) to soothe the pain.
In conclusion, I believe that it will go away on its own, from reading the posts above. My greatest fear was it being a mild brain hernia (which likely results in death), but from the posts above and experience, my fears are relieved. The above people would not be alive to speak of it if it was a brain hernia.
* I was in a different environment - I was working out in a hotel fitness room and the room was hot and not well ventilated (I ended up opening the door and the door to the heated pool which was connected, for circulation).
* I had taken my regular pre-workout shake that contains [healthy] stimulants (no ephedrine or whatnot). I had taken twice the normal dose (not unhealthy, just out of the ordinary).
* I was working out pretty extreme, and wasn't breathing properly (and the poor circulation and heat of the room didn't help).
As a result of a combination of all the above variables, I believe I caused both a lack of oxygen and an extraventicular blood flow to the brain (too much blood forced to the brain). According to the docotr's suggestion in the above post, it caused mild soft-tissue damage in that area of the back right side of my head.
The symptoms are as following:
* Severe pain, NOT described as "sharp" or "stabbing", in the back right lower side of my head and brain, close to the neck and adjacent to the right trapezius muscle. The area can be described in lamen as "the normal bulge in the right lower rear side of the head".
* No pain at any time except during strenuous lifting and exercise where blood flow is significantly increased to the brain.
* The pain increases with equivalent increased exertion once it begins, and likewise decreases gradually when exertion is ceased.
* If exertion is not ceased once the pain initializes, the pain increases exponentially until it becomes debilitating.
* 20 pull-ups which before did give a mild [normal] dizziness due to extreme exertion, currently give a much greater feeling of dizziness, almost to the point of fainting. The world begins to fade out as my blood pressure stabilizes, and then fades back in. I fear if I pushed myself further I would faint.
* I try to massage the area with my hand tenderly, but it does little (if anything besides the placebo effect) to soothe the pain.
In conclusion, I believe that it will go away on its own, from reading the posts above. My greatest fear was it being a mild brain hernia (which likely results in death), but from the posts above and experience, my fears are relieved. The above people would not be alive to speak of it if it was a brain hernia.
