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Pain And Changes In Weather...Am I Alone????
I've read articles saying that changes in weather can effect severity of pain and, of course, there's the old timers who swear the old bones ache when it's gonna rain. Well I guess, at 70 years old, I'm now an old timer and, let me tell you...my old bones and muscles, and skin, and hair HURT. There are days I hurt from neuropathy and Morton's Neuroma in my feet and legs, to profound itching along my degenerating spine (I think due to pinches nerves), to aching joints, swollen cysts behind my arthritic knees, gut discomfort from IBS, pinched nerves EVERYWHERE to neck pain that goes down my arms, to skin that just feels sore and tingly. I'm talking all these things all at the same time. It's like someone flipped a switch and lit me up like a roman candle. One doctor will say...that could very well be. Another doctor will say poppy cock. Well poppy cock this...I know my body and I know how it feels and I know it's not in my head. Now it might be coming FROM my head...as in mixed up signals from the brain saying YOU'RE IN PAIN but the pain and sensations are real.
I needed a new bedside alarm clock so purchased a clock that also provides barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity readings. It seems, without fail, on days when there is a dramatic swing in barometric pressure my body goes into all over intense pain mode. Do any of you have the same experiences??? I'm not talking just a little aching. I'm talking REAL discomfort.
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Me too. I can feel atmospheric pressure change before forecasters. Drs tell me I can’t visit family in Colorado Springs due to elevation. I live in Pensacola
@cahnny Yep. You got it. Its the "change", the barometric and the dew point. 30 years of this. Going into a rain is the worst. But once the insulation and clouds are all in place I'm good! Also, they found I had gout (high uric acid) and so I take Allopurinol. I have much less reaction to the weather. Try Zazzee tart cherry capsules on Amazon for $20 see if it helps you. If it does you may have gout too and just don't know it.
I, too, have sensitivity to barometric changes. My fibromyalgia flares when a weather change is coming and at change of seasons. Sounds like you have a super sensitivity but have found a way to deal with it. Good for you!
I have more painful trigeminal neuralgia zaps/zings with weather changes too.
Yes! I often say that I should have become a meteorologist because I get a migraine EVERY time there’s a storm coming. It’s so clockwork that my husband calls me a walking barometer. Now that I also have some undiagnosed autoimmune disorder I get stabbing pain when my arms get too cold - even if the rest of me is sweating. I often think about moving to paradise where the weather never changes. 😂