Does a change in weather cause your PMR to flare?

@jsteck Yes, have noticed that along with fatigue.

No, it’s not in your head at all many people with Polymyalgia Rheumatica notice that their symptoms flare during storms because drops in barometric pressure can increase tissue sensitivity and inflammation, while changes in temperature and humidity can make muscles feel stiffer and more painful, and on top of that disrupted sleep or stress from the storm (like being woken up during the night) can further lower your pain tolerance, so the pattern you’re seeing worse days lining up with stormy weather is a real and commonly reported experience rather than coincidence.

I like lets all move to Aruba!

@mackerman2026 hate to share bad news but I regularly travel to Florida and am affected there the same way Im affected in upstate South Carolina.

@jsteck Im over tapering for a while. Got to 2.5 mg/day after months of working on it (the Dead Slow Drop protocol helped me get to 2.5). Im really stuck here and Rheumatologist thinks my adrenals aren't kicking in. So Im stable on Kevzara biweekly and 2.5 mg Prednisone daily for the foreseeable future. Im also as active as I can tolerate, and gradually very gradually doing more and more - Rheumatologist credits this is my amazingly improved Tscore on my latest DEXA scan.

So thats me. Ive had brain fog and fatigue for a while. Finally got a home sleep test and tonight is my big sleep study and titration for CPAP. The home sleep study found "significant and severe sleep disorder consistent with apnea." So that explains a whole lot. Ask me again in 6 months LOL!

@aussiedogmom

Sorry for the bad news.
Thank you for sharing.

Sounds good to me!

Hi May,

I hope all is well.

I know I am House Managing for the final show....
can you please remind me if I am on Tickets this Friday.opening night,
May 15th?

Thank you so much
Marian