The weather :(

I live in central Indiana and we've had way too many gloomy, rainy days. I'm thinking my body has been hurting all the time, partially, because of this weather. Have you found this to be true on rainy days? I've always been a little aware of it, but because this spring has been soooooo wet and gloomy, I'm even more aware of the weather's affect on me.
I remember back when I was receiving physical therapy after a knee meniscus repair. I had been doing all my exercises at home faithfully. When I had a PT session on a rainy day, I was exhausted and felt horrible.........and the physical therapist I had yelled at me in front of a room full of others, for not trying hard enough. (She didn't even believe in Fibro). I should have gotten up and smacked her.

Ok wow, you shoukd have walked out, and reported her to her boss..


People in pain need compassion...there are times when we can push but if pain is too high we cannot..

A professional would have found something easier for you to do on a bad day..

Yes the weather is a major factor for me..we 've been in a wet pattern and its been hard..

Looks like we're all affected by the weather. Humidity really gets to me too. I've always sweated more than anyone else I've ever known. And if I work too hard, my brain goes haywire. One time I was working in the heat in the garden, and all of a sudden I wasn't sure where I was. :( I always try to really hydrate myself well, but then I just immediately pee it off.
I think my temperature-regulating system is off. DH keeps saying that all that sweating is what my body needs to keep cool, but I sure wish it had a different way. He hardly sweats at all.

Yeah.....I was pretty irritated with the P.T. girl. She was very knowledgeable and taught me some good things, but whenever I would mention anything about my fibro, she wouldn't say anything and then continue on. I suppose she'll eventually have to understand it. It's not just a matter of not wanting to do something.

I suppose it's easy for doctors and people like physical therapists to only see us at that moment in time and make some wrong assumptions about who we are. They can't see how much we actually try to do and how busy we keep trying to be, in spite of feeling like poop and hurting.

I had an orthopedic surgeon once who actually believed in FMS. I was guessing that he probably had a family member with it, and sure enough....it was his wife.
Anyhow.....we were talking about the affects of weather on us and he said that awhile after he had had open heart surgery, he was playing golf and a thunderstorm was nearby. He said his chest felt heavy and painful and he feared he was having a heart attack. But after the storm passed, it all went away. I think it affects everyone, but seems to hurt more in those of us with Fibro.

I know lots of people with migraines get them when certain fronts pass through. I guess it makes sense that our systems would respond to pressure changes.

Summers are always worse on me.

Just as an example of how barometric changes, change my whole being physically....

If i get my eyes examined with a storm moving in, my gloucoma numbers are thrown off...i do not have gloucoma..but it reads i do with storms... As long as they test when the barometer is steady , my eyes are perfectly healthy...

So do not think its only mood..my tests results change with weather patterns...i learned this the hard way..cause my reg drs office tested me in a storm system, sent me to a specialist, who turned my eyes inside out , tested perfectly..next year reg dr got bad test in storm, tried to send me to specialist again..i said oh no ..i will not go to specialist each time you test in a storm...so he retested when weather was normal..again no issue

My breathing gets more shallow with a storm also..if i use my acupressure mat, my breathing deepens within 5 minutes!

The weather, uggh. I can predict a storm coming hours in advance and correctly predict how many minutes until the rain starts. Really. A medium to heavy storm lays me flat out. I dread winter and when working need lots of accomadation to work at home, stay late to catch up the next day etc. My daughter who has fibro also reacts this way. And we can't handle the refrigerated sections of stores, picking up cold lettuce sends pain shooting through my hands! Cold blowing wind tortures the places it finds under my jacket and my face, aargh.
It's definitely not a mental process for me. I grew up with a father and mother who love rain so much that we had metal awnings over some windows to capture the sound better. We slept with windows ajar to listen as we fell asleep. I miss this relationship with weather enormously.
I found a wonderful reminder is in this thread. Lactic acid and stretching. I was told this a long, long time ago. It was forgotten. It comes at a perfect time as I have a difficult time doing PT for my knee surgery, even walking. I can remember to speak to my PT about this and use it when I start pool walking this week
Most importantly, I can remember I am not failing when I have to do less exercises.
Hope your weather zones clear up,

Oh my pain in joints and hip joint esp is horrid with this weather.
I am on Gabapentin but it does not seem to do anything.
Fibro gives me anxiety.