Do weather systems affect you a great deal

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Like in the way you feel? Or am I just more nuts than I thought?

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Like in the way you feel? Or am I just more nuts than I thought?

YES! As in, most recently, migraines. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

You are not crazy.

Okay, perhaps you are crazy, but not because of this.

:leaving:

[Sarah CB]

Not really. Except that I love it when it pours out or when it snows because it makes me feel like I've got a good excuse to have a cozy day indoors.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

YES! As in, most recently, migraines. Yuck, yuck, yuck.

You are not crazy.

Okay, perhaps you are crazy, but not because of this.

:leaving:

:tongue_smilie: Yes, I think we both know I am crazy. I hate how weather systems can make me feel so awful! The pressure in my head, scratchiness, tired eyes and body, fatigue, cruds. Hate it!

[muffinmom]

I'm convinced I feel every miniscule change in barometric pressure. Probably the most common thing that happens now is a headache. I used to get so fatigued when spring storm systems moved in that I would feel drugged. But in recent years, that has gotten better.

So either you're not crazy or we both are. (I've been accused of worse!)

[Plaid Dad]

If you're crazy, so am I. My dw calls me the Human Barometer. My sinuses are more accurate forecasters than the local weatherman. :(

[dirty ethel rackham]

Another Human Barometer here. Only it is unpredictable where I will experience pain. Sometimes it is a blinding sinus headache, sometimes I feel it in the back, the knees, the ankles, wrists, neck, etc.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Thank you! I feel every little change too! What's funny is that for a while after one surgery I had, the area would twitch with the changes as well. I won't tell you what twitched though.;) (don't go in the gutter on that one!)

[Brigitte]

It's not just you. Rainy, cold weather really get me down and incapable of doing much. I would hate to see what I was like if my parents hadn't moved to the US from Belgium!

[Brigitte]

Thank you! I feel every little change too! What's funny is that for a while after one surgery I had, the area would twitch with the changes as well. I won't tell you what twitched though.;) (don't go in the gutter on that one!)

Oh, you mean in the physical sense not the mental! My sinuses are affected usually by humidity. And, a while back, my knee could tell you if rain was in the forecast.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Yes, physical manifestations. Fatigue, scratchiness (head, throat), headaches, eye strain feelings, general malaise, achy body here and there.

Yeah, the surgery site would twitch with the pressure systems. It was a booK tumor removal. Dh would say that he could see this in the future as "There's a storm's coming, Ma's booK's twitchin' again.":lol: Okay, spilled it all. I can hide in shame now. (it doesn't do that anymore)

[Natalieclare]

I feel electicity the most. I just frizzle when we have thunder/lightning storms. I can't even sleep. Zing!

[Christine]

I'm convinced I feel every miniscule change in barometric pressure. Probably the most common thing that happens now is a headache.

Oh, it's such a relief that it's NOT just me!

The headaches can, at times, almost be debilitating.

[2cents]

Definately! When the pressure drops I get almost instant sick type migraines. It just happened last night about an hour before we had a huge storm. Dh says I'm better than a doppler.

[Trivium Academy]

Yes. Gloomy day, tired and unmotivated mamma. :mellow:
Sunny day with a breeze, a mamma full of energy! :thumbup1:

Now if it rains on a sunny day, I'm okay but if the day starts gloomy, I'm in trouble. :001_huh:

[ClassicMom]

Like in the way you feel? Or am I just more nuts than I thought?

Terrible migraines here too, just like Pam. I know when a storm is coming before the meteorologist.

[transientChris]

Thunderstorms bring migraines. I have been having a migraine here for the last 6 days.


Dreary rainly weather brings on arthritic pain.

[unsinkable]

Add me to the Human Barometer Club.

It's awful, to say the least.

[Qs3]

Me too! The ankle I broke when I was one, and the shoulder I dislocated a couple of years ago always ache when the weather changes. The sinus pressure, the tiredness, I get it all.

[Jenny in Atl]

YES!!!!! Headaches, feeling like someone is taking their thumb and pressing me into the ground. Fall is the worst, when the strong cold fronts start rolling in around October. This has always been frustrating to me, since this is my favorite time of the year.

[LisaTheresa]

:tongue_smilie: Yes, I think we both know I am crazy. I hate how weather systems can make me feel so awful! The pressure in my head, scratchiness, tired eyes and body, fatigue, cruds. Hate it!

Every time I see you post about your allergies, I can't help but think how much my daughter is just like you. She is on the same medications - singulair & astelin. None of the others work for her. She clearly has a pretty bad allergy to dairy, as well as environmental allergies, but almost nothing shows up on her allergy tests.

The last allergist we went to said that she thought she had something called vasomotor rhinitis, which is what you are describing. I think that's why the Astelin works for her. It is specifically for vasomotor rhinitis as well as environmental allergies.

Lisa

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Every time I see you post about your allergies, I can't help but think how much my daughter is just like you. She is on the same medications - singulair & astelin. None of the others work for her. She clearly has a pretty bad allergy to dairy, as well as environmental allergies, but almost nothing shows up on her allergy tests.

The last allergist we went to said that she thought she had something called vasomotor rhinitis, which is what you are describing. I think that's why the Astelin works for her. It is specifically for vasomotor rhinitis as well as environmental allergies.

Lisa

I have to share with you that we can now have milk. I tried Stoneyfield Farms Organic and no issues! Amazing!

Thanks for sharing about that. I will look that up and see if I can learn more about my issues!

[mcconnellboys]

I see the children around me affected greatly, and just this past year, I began to ache all over when large, wet weather systems would come through. I now see what the old folks used to mean when they spoke of their "rheumatism" acting up with the weather.