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Posted 8/6/2013 6:01 PM (GMT 0)
I'm still trying to figure out what causes my fibro flare up. Some obvious ones are over-exertion, stress, and poor sleep. But I've seen a lot of comments about weather changes triggering flares.

I haven't really noticed/taken note of how weather changes impact how I feel. Can some of you please describe what weather changes produce what reactions? I'm still trying to figure out how much is too much for my body and I'd like to be able to understand how weather plays into that.

Thanks!

Have a blessed day!
Mari
Posted 8/6/2013 6:23 PM (GMT 0)
I just feel more yucky during nasty weather.
Posted 8/6/2013 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
For me it is the atmospheric pressure. If the weather is changing from sunny to cloudy/stormy I have more aches and pains. If there is thunder and lightning my ears and head feel stuffed up and I get a bad headache.
Posted 8/6/2013 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
Barometric pressure for me too. Usually worse before a storm hits. Some relief afterwards most times.

I hope that you feel better soon.

Winters are hard on me. We get a lot of different fronts coming in all the time.
Hugs, Karen
Posted 8/7/2013 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
For me Any changes in barometric pressure.. sometimes in a very minor way, sometimes it will start a days-long flare..

Can be good weather to bad or vice versa.

Wish I could hibernate thru winter!!
Posted 8/7/2013 3:37 AM (GMT 0)
Last week we had a summer storm come in. I hadn't been paying attention to the weather so I wasn't aware that it was coming in. I'd gone to work and then grocery shopping afterwards. I was fine until I got home when I was overwhelmingly tired. Bone tired. I went to bed early and when I woke up the next day it was overcast and I understood why I'd been so suddenly tired the day before. The fatigue stayed with me for the three days of overcast weather until our normal summer weather returned.

Joy
Posted 8/7/2013 4:46 AM (GMT 0)
Mari,

I absolutely hate Winter - the constant cold (and it's really not even that cold in Colorado most of the time) makes my muscles tight. I'm chilled to the bone from October through April no matter what I put on.

And like Karen, I don't feel good before a storm (general physical and emotional tension) and get some relief when it actually comes.

Debbie
Posted 8/7/2013 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah im with Debbie - the cold makes me really tense and i huddle over to keep warm...it got to around -3 here last winter and it was miserable, im not looking forward to that again!
The heat makes my muscles feel really great, but makes me more lethargic
Posted 8/7/2013 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I know what you mean. Makes me want to sink down and give up - but it feels so good! ;)

Debbie
Posted 8/7/2013 10:55 PM (GMT 0)
Absolutely. Storms give me migraines and cause pain in my neck and shoulders. Sometimes my joints ache even though I don't have arthritis of any kind. Very hot and humid weather makes me feel miserable. Quick changes in barometric pressure too. Basically every season there is something new bothering me. It's frustrating and constant, but nothing much to do but try to relax and take it easy.
Posted 8/7/2013 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
Rapid changes in the weather does affect the severity of my pain. Cold damp weather seems to bother me the most.

My home state is in Wisconsin but I've lived down South now for about 15 years now. I noticed that my body has acclimated to high heat. Today it's 101 with high humidity. This heat is more tolerable than 60 degrees with rain. Living in Arkansas, I'm 5 miles away from Oklahoma...in tornado alley. The spring storms can really do a number on a fibromite. Living in the South, I see much more of the sun and that's a good thing, especially that I'm no longer Lupus photosensitive. No matter what the weather, there is always the mall to get my walk in and I'm thankful for that. Really believe without the exercise I'd hurt a lot more.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 8/8/2013 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, it's hard to get moving but once I do I almost always feel better when I walk. If I get a stitch in my sacroiliac joint, I just slow down or don't go as far.

And I'm that way too - extreme heat is easier to take than even moderately cool, (especially if there's any wind....wind always makes me nervous and achey.)

I lived in Wisco for 3 years, Robin, and I really don't think I could do it now, beautiful though it is!

Debbie
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