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Posted 1/31/2016 4:47 PM (GMT 0)
I have been doing great for 3 weeks and yesterday a mild head pain. All night long a head pain and I awoke to a blanket of snow. Beautiful BUT.... once again I am horribly affected by barometric pressure when it gets too low.

Try as I may, there is no fix. No amount of detox, water or wine that will combat it.

I was troubled pre-lyme and now it is worse - and of course I am older. I am that grandma that says "take your umbrella, it is going to rain."

Only thing I have not tried is ibuprofen. I think the barometer may cause inflammation so I will bite the bullet and take a pill.

Anyone else?
Posted 1/31/2016 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
Oh yeah! Even though you are over near the West Coast and I'm more Mid-west, we had low pressure last night and my hips and knees are really hurting. Lovely, just lovely. I have things to do to make this epic trip I'm about to do too. eyes figures!!

The one that scares me though is on Tues. We are supposed to "bottom out" Tuesday for most of the day - the day we will be driving about 14 hours. I am NOT looking forward to this!!!!

I feel for you PeteZa!! I hope that you can ease your pain & discomfort. The anti-inflammatories do help. I used turmeric usually, but on days like this and Tues, I reach for something stronger like Ibuprofen or naproxen. Tuesday will be a naproxen day for me, I'm sure. cry
Posted 1/31/2016 5:18 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Traveler. And hugs for your travels.

I do so well and I need to anticipate this low business. I will try the ibuprofen today and see how it goes.

As with lyme - I am such a guinea pig. Trying this, trying that. Hoping for something to work.

I can't imagine feeling like this and being in a car for 14 hours. Lots of ginger!
Posted 1/31/2016 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yep, got the ginger completely covered! LOL!! It's been my lifesaver for road trips.

I've become a weather watcher. I found a weather site that I like to use to track the highs and the lows, so I can plan around them. Sometimes really high pressure can affect me in a different way - more like head pressure headaches, eyes more sensitive and stuff like that - but it's enough for me to like being able to track the weather patterns.

It's actually an 11 hour trip, but we stop every 2 hours to get out to walk around - have I said lately that my hubby has had a near death (literally cheated death according to the docs) experience with blood clots? Ha! Now he has a paranoid wife! This is part of the reason I'm going with - to make sure that he stops as needed. devil I can whine about my bladder and he will stop every time. smilewinkgrin
Posted 1/31/2016 5:35 PM (GMT 0)
Why don't you try taking more Japanese Knotweed, PeteZa?

It's one of the best anti-inflammatories around and doesn't carry the risks of NSAID's.

Check out how much Mister Mike was advised to take (3rd post from the bottom):

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3575763

I'm not suggesting you take that much but an increase might help.
Posted 1/31/2016 10:06 PM (GMT 0)
cd, thank you!!! I will do this and you bet your bippy I will be watching for the next low.
Posted 2/1/2016 3:19 AM (GMT 0)
CD- Japanese Knotweed.

What form is most affordable?

I tried two brands of resveratrol with nothing positively noticeable.

I dont know the pros and cons to the forms.
Posted 2/1/2016 3:25 AM (GMT 0)
Astroman what you really want is Polygonum cuspidatum. That is the name of the herb you want.

Resveratrol can be called Japanese Knotweed, but it might not be that precise herb.

Just make sure what you get is Polygonum cuspidatum and you will be on the right track.

Resveratrol can be so many different forms and most are just grape leaves and not the plant that S. B. recommends.
Posted 2/1/2016 3:27 AM (GMT 0)
Oh and I noticed that my intake of 2 droppers of Polygonum cuspidatum do not fill a tablespoon. So I took an extra dropper full a couple of hours after my 3rd dose.

I hope this works!!
Posted 2/1/2016 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
Astroman,

I've only bought the Japanese Knotweed capsules from Green Botanicals, the tincture from either Woodland Essence or Sage Woman and now I make my own tincture from Polygonum cuspidatum root that I buy from either 1st Chinese Herbs or MontEagle herbs.

All of these sources are recommended by Buhner.


PeteZa,

For the most part, 1 dropper is approximately equal to 1/4 tsp.

And, Buhner recommends Japanese Knotweed dosing from 1/4 - 1 tsp up to 6x daily as part of his protocols.

You may recall his words that his doses are just recommendations - that each of us needs to find the dose that works for us. He writes of 250 lb men not being able to handle more than 5 drops of a particular herb and petite women taking 1 tbsp without batting an eye.

If taking an extra dropper full didn't work, I still wouldn't rule out Japanese Knotweed. I'd go for at least a full teaspoon...
Posted 2/1/2016 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
I did 4 droppers this morning and that is almost a tablespoon. Yes, TABLEspoon!

I checked my journal and the last storm -- well, I could have copy and pasted this storms effect on me. I am working on a plan to be better prepared next storm.

Amusing part is I love snowstorms and rainy days. They are so infrequent and unusual. I guess I need to be a little more thankful when times are good.
Posted 2/1/2016 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
Pete, it just seems to me like pressure relayed stuff is pathogen related. What if the lower pressure increases your blood flow to the extracellular matrix and your immune system is able to kill more pathogens. What u think?
Posted 2/1/2016 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
There is another thing you can use but you need a prescription.

Barometric pressure is a killer for me. The other problem I have is strong smells. You can't control either. Weather is weather. When you go to the theater and the lady sitting next to you dump an entire bottle of perfume on herself the only options are sit further away or leave. Switching with my husband doesn't really help.

So I was seeing a doctor because I have major allergic reactions. Not to pollen and friends but to meds and things that I put on my skin. I actually get a rash picking weeds and then end up with an all over body rash.

He prescribed Azelastine. Here's the site describing it

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a697014.html

The reason is that there is a major nerve that runs up through the nasal passages. Strong smells and barometric pressure cause irritation and in some people this means severe headaches not relieved by anything. It's a nasal spray you take everyday. You can't just wait until a storm comes on. But I did find that it worked. I saw a decrease in headaches from both barometric pressure and strong smells.

In Buhner's new book he also recommends Kudzu for brain "pressure" 1/4 to 1/2 tsp 3 times a day. Don't know if that will help.

Kim
Posted 2/1/2016 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
I am so affected by this barometer that now I am a weather junkie!!

I have always suffered with sinus problems and I definitely am smell sensitive. My husband had just poured himself a glass of water and added just a splash of apple cider vinegar and I smelled it the minute I walked into the kitchen. He calls me the bloodhound of the mountain. I can tell you which neighbor (which is about 5 acres away in all directions) is doing their laundry because of the smell of either their dryer sheets or their laundry soap smell.

Georgia Hunter, you may be onto something and I can always detox more!!

Kim, I definitely will look into that. I will try anything. I can so relate to your story of the movies. My entire family knows that they can't wear perfume when they visit. I feel bad, but they will make me sick for days when I hug them. It is like it stays in my nose and I can't get rid of it. I think I have a smell bank in there and smells are stored like in a vault. Some think it is neat, I find being able to distinguish all smells is a curse. Mostly because there are so many man made smells that I dislike. I would rather smell a hard working man's natural sweat smell than new off gasing carpet. LOL!

~Annette
Posted 2/1/2016 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
PeteZa, many of us are weather junkies. Traveler always posts when there is going to be a full moon. My family isn't allowed to wear perfume. Even my husbands soap can make me sick. When we go to the grocery store, my son has me smell test everything before he buys it. My daughter (23) is a complete princess and I swear she sprays her perfume and then walks through it leaving the remainder to be picked up by the air vents which circulate into my room. She knows that when she visits she can't wear anything I would be able to smell (including hair spray).

I'm not just a weather junkie but I can also predict it. LOL. Without fail, my symptoms get worse a couple of days before we have rain. Then when it rains I say, oh that's why I've felt bad.

I gave you the info about the nasal spray because so far I haven't seen anything equivalent in the forum or Buhner's book. If it helps great.

Kim
Posted 2/1/2016 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
What is the ginger/travel thing?
Posted 2/1/2016 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
Tillybear Ginger is awesome for motion sickness, just a calming for tummies and personally, I believe it is good for digestion and overall general health. It is a great traveling companion. Especially when you aren't eating your own food.
Posted 2/1/2016 6:52 PM (GMT 0)
I am going with Echincea and Goldenseal as my first experiment. I am very familiar with both and have no allergies to either.

If those do not work on the next storm, I am going to go with chinese medicine. Bi Yan Pian and Gan Mao Ling.

Oh gosh, tired of researching. I need to get something done around here.
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