overdoin weights !! i felt like a pop in my head

[007steve]

when i done some weights bout 3 years ago , i was doing the shoulder exercise where u sit up and do the butterfly movement .near the end i was straining really hard ,i could feel my vains sticking out of my head, when suddenly i heard like a ping in my head and started to feel dizzy when i staggered to the bathroom for some water .when i was looking arrount everything that is usually a  straight like the windowsil  was more like bend if u understant what i mean !! the thing is i went to my local gp they just said its nothing !! could i have done something serious because i do get like this movin sort of headache on the odd occation but my view was like it for a bit there were times when i tried to focus on one spot but  i just couldnt  keep my eyes still they would just slightly move and i couldnt control it , i know it sounds nuts , but maybe i did cause myself some damage because i havent really felt the same since but my eyesight is back to normal , i wished my gp was more helpful < many thanks i could really do with some expert advice

[007steve]

thanks a lot for your advice bout the stroke  i just went on the stroke forum and read peoples symptons , its the excact same as mine ,and i thought  i was going mental , thank u sooo much u just made my day for the first time in 3 years its such a big stone of my shoulder ,finally i can get some help and not have the gp look at me funny im only 25 thank u !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yvette BG]

Hi Steve,
If you've not really felt the same since, I would talk with your doctor and explain this to him/her. If you have any close relatives (parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, grqandparantes that have had heart problems or strokes, it would be a good idea to mention that.

I am not a doctor and I am not saying this applies to you. But a friend of mine, who is thin, health conscious, eats well and works out regularly, ended up having a stroke in her early 30s after stretching hard during an exercise class. (She also heard a pop.) This kind of thing is very rare, but it does happen. People can have mini-strokes, too, and not be aware of it at the time.

Good luck and please keep us posted as to what you find out.

[Nancy T]

Did you ever see an ENT? Straining (along with things sneezing and diving, where the pressure inside your head is increased) can cause perilymph fistula, a sudden tear in one of the membranes separating the middle from the inner ear.

Among the symptoms are dizziness and sometimes fluctuating hearing loss.

If you have not felt the same since that time, ask for a referral to an ENT, preferably a neuro-otologist (ENT with extra training in the inner ear).

I don't know about your eye symptoms, but the eyes and ears are both part of the vestibular (balance) system--perhaps the odd eye movements and visual symptoms were related to the dizziness.