Weather-based flare-ups - how to deal?

So I recently started drawing a correlation between warm and sunny vs. rainy and cloudy, and how it affects my symptoms. At first I thought the sun was just lifting my mood, but now I THINK (as always with Lyme, a theory in progress) I have noticed a big difference in my overall symptoms.

When it is rainy, cloudy, and chilly, I tend to feel down, low energy, unmotivated, foggy cognitively, achy muscles, headaches, etc. When it is sunny, all of this seems to go away. I moved to the UK about a year ago, shortly after Lyme symptoms started, so it is VERY variable here – rainy nearly every day.

I wanted to ask you all – is this really something, or is it just in my mind?

And, more importantly – what can be done to help with this?

I meditate, detox (baths, etc), take burber-pinella for brain fog, etc. But on the rainy days, it seems infinitely more difficult for those things to make any results.

I have seen a few other posts noting similar correlations but nothing giving me concrete answers for how to deal...

Thanks Traveler. Well I work at home too, so that affords me many benefits and I am able to adjust as needed. What specific kinds of detox do you find helps most with rainy/cloudy days?

For me, if there is high barometric pressure, not much helps. But otherwise, I use binders and do my best to get outside anyway, unless it's pouring rain. I use an extra cup of Yogi detox tea (maybe it's just the comfort of another cup of tea though?) and/or an extra cup of Celestial Seasoning's Tension Tamer tea.

The one thing that I'm careful to do, is complete all of my detoxing, as I get lazy too and don't keep up on all of my detoxing all the time. And to rest, make sure I drink plenty of fluids too.

I find that I have a lot more pain during those days most often, and a heating pad usually becomes my best friend.

I was affected by barometric pressure. Where I live at about 4,000 feet elevation there are no stores. I drive either up to 7,000 elevation and shop or down to 2,000 elevation. It is weird to see the bags of tortilla chips expand or suck in because of the store I shopped at. So I know this is what happens to my body.

Mine was not just weather, it also happened to me in elevation change. Much like being in an airplane.

My fix was to only shop when I felt super good and could handle the pressure change.

When a cold front came in, I was the first to know in our family. I could actually feel it coming. There was nothing I could do to combat it but relax, do not stress and let the pressure come and go.

We had a horrific winter finally (been in a drought) and it was interesting, to say the least. Hubby is treating lyme now and he was really affected. His symptoms flared with the barometer lowering and they would go away as the barometer rose.

He did extra water - some with lemon and some with ACV. He also did teas on those cold snowy days. No a detox tea, but just a nice mellow tea like peppermint/spearmint combo.

Oh gosh, I forgot the most important part!!! Golden Milk - what a soothing afternoon treat. This recipe is the easy one. I made a paste of the turmeric and just put it in the fridge for easy making. But I found this 5 minute recipe and it is good.

/wellnessmama.com/223/turmeric-tea-recipe/

Post Edited (PeteZa) : 5/18/2017 9:45:27 AM (GMT-6)

ChickNorris, any strategies you use to reduce the awfulness?

Sure, Traveler. Although was wondering in general from ChickNorris and whoever else what they do, as obviously different things will help different bodies.

This is a theory in progress, but the symptoms that seem to act up more for me are:
- Brain fog
- Fatigue
- Muscle weakness/deterioration
- Muscle/joint throbbing (sometimes, not always)
- Sometimes neck stiffness & headache

I already do the following in terms of detox:
- Magnesium/hydrogen peroxide baths (1/day)
- Dry brushing (1/day)
- Turmeric & ginger drinks (2-3/day)
- Burber-pinella (2-3/day)
- Lemon juice (2-3/day)
- Apple cider vinegar (1/day)
- Yoga & meditation (1/day)
- Exercise, usually a walk (1/day)
- Kefir (2/day)
- Various teas
- Sleep (9-10 hours)

Good questions.

I will be taking immune boosters soon, they are on their way (delivery). So we'll see if that helps.

What kind of viruses are you thinking? How could viruses be affected by all this? It's possible, just trying to understand.

Thanks Trav. I will see once I start the immune boosters what effects that has. I also get some new test results back the end of this month, which may be indicative.

Also, you mentioned binders. Those I don't do. How could they potentially help?