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Is this a tension headache?

warpaint

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i know this isnt a health forum but i do need a second opinion, or to see if anyone else has experienced this

about 5 days ago, i was at the gym and bench pressed for the first time. i normally dont do very much with my upper body and i am mostly focused on my lower. anyways, that night when i went home i felt a sudden like strain/tightness on the top left of my head. there wasn't pain, but it just felt weird and tight. i slept it off and didn't feel it again until sunday. and since sunday, it's been a faint tightness/throbbing that only gets worse after having caffeine, or if im tired. again there isnt pain, if any it is very faint...

so ive been tripping myself out for these past few days. i keep thinking of the worst case scenarios because ive never had a type of headache that lasted more than a day. yesterday i woke up extremely fatigued and im pretty sure the fatigue was allergy related cus i get bad seasonal allergies. so im also wondering if this weird headache is seasonal allergy related too? i went to see a walk in doctor yesterday and he said he doesnt think its anything srs and prescribed me apo naproxen. he said its probably stress related/muscle spasm. and if it is stress related, it would be worth noting that i have been working a lot in the past week or two. on top of that i go to the gym about 4 days a week. i eat properly tho.
 
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I felt a slight tension headache the next day when I did bench press the very first time. I believe that it is because of how I was doing the exercise, sometimes, tension headaches occur when you have a muscle strain in your neck. Check your form and also make sure you are doing proper breathing.
 
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