Weather Systems

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesonet/getobext.php?wfo=sew&sid=SEA&num=48

Here are a couple of websites you can watch to keep track of weather affects on your headaches.  I just started watching barometric pressure because this week has been terrible for me.  I notice the pressure (look at altimiter pressure on the noaa website) was dropping steadily until today.  Today I don't feel great but at least not as bad as the past couple of days.  I live in Seattle too and have for the past 10 years.  My headaches began about 10 years ago interestingly enough.  Although I do remember having them for a couple of years before moving here.  I moved from Kansas and I think allergies might've played a part as well.  I worked for a vet.  I also had a child and had my gall bladder removed before then as well as having head trama at one time.  I've tried chiropractic for years and accupuncture and massage.  They all feel good but never relieved my chronic daily headaches.

Good luck to you,

~ Christi

Just began revisiting HealingWell recently for SAD, but last year would visit frequently because I'm also a migraineur.  I've suffered since I was a teen.  After YEARS of failed therapy, I finally found some relief 5 years ago with a triptan drug.  Until then, things were dim. Although I take it far too often, it certainly has given me a life again.  Have also been through many "preventative" anti's, but never found any lessening of frequency or severity with any of them. 

ANYWAY, came across this post about weather triggered migraines.  Weather is my #1 trigger.  In fact, researching it online would demonstrate that it's a very well known fact that it's also a #1 trigger for many migraineurs.  Low pressure, high pressure, cold snaps, fronts, "chinooks" (have heard they're bad) - our heads are truly human weather meters!   Unfortunately, it's not so easy to just pick up and relocate to our "perfect" climate. 

Guess we all have to just continue to hang in there and go with the flow.  HealingWell was always a great source of information and comfort for me, as I'm sure it is for you all.

Looking forward to reading more posts from my fellow migraineurs....

~ merelle

I didn't have any on hand, but I have found that Dramamine, pain reliever and tummy relief like tums helps if I catch it at it's very onset.  I was at work when this headache "washed" over me.  It only took about an hour after onset before I knew I was in trouble, and went home.  If I can't catch the h/a right away, I take a Percocet and go to bed with an icepack on my neck, all covered up..silent and dark.  Usually works, except this time the low pressure system was very slow moving and I'm still home with an extremely sore neck, no headache, and I'm afraid all the noise and lights at work will set it off again. 

I am a 51 year old female still menstruating, just not very regularly, so I'm thinking the increase in my headaches could also be a hormonal change.  I used to be a chronic migraine sufferer, then I lost about 80 pounds and the h/a seemed to lessen.  That was about 5 years ago, but now I think my age is becoming a factor in the increasing h/a occurrence.

I hate just having to live with "it", cause sometimes life has to stop to recover.