Thread: Exercise helping? Or is it the holistic approach?
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Old 04-25-2013, 10:26 AM
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Hi isobel,

I, too, used to love exercise, but with my injury, exercise actually causes bad migraine type headaches. These headaches have not lessened in the 3 years since the return of my symptoms.

Even last night I tried to ride my road bike on my indoor trainer for 45 minutes in first gear. Before bed and now this morning, I'm getting a bad headache. 3 years later and this still sucks.

Neurologist and PsyNP have me on 100mg of Nortriptyline, which got rid of the daily headache and emotional roller coaster from this injury, but nothing I can take allows me to try to stay healthy.

I realize that I'll never get back to where I was, but I'd really be happy with 25%.

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May 31, 2009: Concussion from syncope due to low blood volume resulting from severe dehydration. Occurred after finishing my 9th marathon. 100% of symptoms cleared by August 2009.

December 15, 2009: Major surgery due to diverticulitis. 6 weeks after surgery, dizziness, fog, cognitive difficulty, anxiety, some panic, lots of headache. These symptoms largely gone, but still cannot exercise above a very low threshold otherwise resulting in severe headache and cognitive fog. Same for overwhelming odors.

Meds: Nortriptyline and Naratriptan as needed to rid severe headaches (exertional migraines).
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