So I'll give you the short version of the story.
I've been suffering from headaches and periodic migraines. They have increased over the last 1-2 years, but more specifically within the past year. I work an IT job and have for 15 years.
I'm 39, and have been working out since I was 31. I've been doing intermittent fasting for 8 years. I've had great progress during that time with some ups and downs due to injuries, but at the end of the day I've been happy with the results. However these headaches have really killed my motivation and the last 12 months have gone down hill because I've noticed they come on especially 1-2 hours after a lifting session. I've always had periodic headaches growing up, just not as often as I do now.
So recently I had a CT scan (results are still incoming) and bloodwork (which I received). The only things that were out of range in my bloodwork were low sodium (130L, range is 136-145 MMOL/L) and Billirubin (which was borderline high by 0.1). The sodium was apparently at 134L a few years ago as well. My Total testosterone was 468 (Desired Result: 241-827 ng/dL). In 2014 it was ~500 so that honestly isn't too bad, IMHO.
It's not like I don't eat sodium. I don't have the best diet in the world, but I don't eat a low sodium diet.....so I don't know if the IF has something to do with it, or if I am drinking SO much water I'm flushing it out, or there is something internally where I am not holding / processing the sodium (like some people do with particular B vitamins). But sounds like 130L is classified as Hyponatremia. 2 of the symptoms of this is headaches and nausea, and the nausea is one thing I've noticed as well. I never feel like throwing up, but it's that uneasy feeling that you can get with a headache, and I've been noticing it more and more when paired with these headache feelings.
As noted, I do computer work and have spent years constantly working on my posture and head position (constant battle) so I have the array of items (theracane, foam roller, pvc roller, lacrosse balls, peanuts, etc.) and have done some research to find some muscles in the back of the head that get quite tight called the Occipital muscles which can get aggravated and tight...and lead to headaches, tight neck, tight shoulders, etc... So I've been working on doing some release techniques on those. And I have found that seems to be helping a bit.
Has anyone else dealt with this before? Any theories on the low sodium? The recommended I see an endo? What would an endo even do? Do I just need to start consuming more sodium than I currently do?
I've been suffering from headaches and periodic migraines. They have increased over the last 1-2 years, but more specifically within the past year. I work an IT job and have for 15 years.
I'm 39, and have been working out since I was 31. I've been doing intermittent fasting for 8 years. I've had great progress during that time with some ups and downs due to injuries, but at the end of the day I've been happy with the results. However these headaches have really killed my motivation and the last 12 months have gone down hill because I've noticed they come on especially 1-2 hours after a lifting session. I've always had periodic headaches growing up, just not as often as I do now.
So recently I had a CT scan (results are still incoming) and bloodwork (which I received). The only things that were out of range in my bloodwork were low sodium (130L, range is 136-145 MMOL/L) and Billirubin (which was borderline high by 0.1). The sodium was apparently at 134L a few years ago as well. My Total testosterone was 468 (Desired Result: 241-827 ng/dL). In 2014 it was ~500 so that honestly isn't too bad, IMHO.
It's not like I don't eat sodium. I don't have the best diet in the world, but I don't eat a low sodium diet.....so I don't know if the IF has something to do with it, or if I am drinking SO much water I'm flushing it out, or there is something internally where I am not holding / processing the sodium (like some people do with particular B vitamins). But sounds like 130L is classified as Hyponatremia. 2 of the symptoms of this is headaches and nausea, and the nausea is one thing I've noticed as well. I never feel like throwing up, but it's that uneasy feeling that you can get with a headache, and I've been noticing it more and more when paired with these headache feelings.
As noted, I do computer work and have spent years constantly working on my posture and head position (constant battle) so I have the array of items (theracane, foam roller, pvc roller, lacrosse balls, peanuts, etc.) and have done some research to find some muscles in the back of the head that get quite tight called the Occipital muscles which can get aggravated and tight...and lead to headaches, tight neck, tight shoulders, etc... So I've been working on doing some release techniques on those. And I have found that seems to be helping a bit.
Has anyone else dealt with this before? Any theories on the low sodium? The recommended I see an endo? What would an endo even do? Do I just need to start consuming more sodium than I currently do?
