I am a 26 year old male that has recently begun working out at a gym. Prior to going to the gym I worked out at home for a month (running, triceps, pushups, situps, curls)with no problems.
Now that I am at a gym, and with a weighlifting friend, my workouts have reached a much higher level of intensity. I am doing as much weight as possible while still maintaining the ability to do 5-8 reps and 3 sets.
Anyway, I'd been doing this for appox. a week before my headaches developed. I was doing a tough workout when suddenly I started to have a throbbing, unilateral (left), headache. The pain was probably a 7 (on a 0-10) and slowly subsided. I attempted to restart the workout and had the same result. I ended up leaving the gym early that day.
Since, I've had this reoccuring problem, I go to the gym, and when I strain, I still get this awful headache. Sometimes I can work through it and the pain lessens over the course of the workout, but is always fairly strong at the onset of the workouts.
This is quite discouraging.
Also noteworthy; about 2 months ago I had my first ever Migraine Equivalent (visual distorions w/o headache). This was not diagnosed, my Dr. merely speculated that this was the most likely diagnosis.
What should I do?