Pain And Changes In Weather...Am I Alone????

Posted by cahnny @cahnny, Sep 10, 2016

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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@concernedmtnmom

Have you checked your Vitamin D levels? Deficiency can wreak havoc<br>everywhere...joints, skin, general muscle pain, blood pressure, heart rate.<br>50,000 IU per week can change your life. Blood test will tell you in less<br>than a week.<br>

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Magnesium deficiency can also cause pain.
I am beginning to realize that any vitamin/minerals deficiency can cause all kinds of problem in the body. We need to realize that our food chain has been altered severely by GMO foods plus depletion of organic material in the soils by Roundup and other poisions to a great extent.
Pain in our bodies are telling the story truthfully.
Mom and Pop farms are gone and most folks have no garden to raise decent food.
Thanks for reading.

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@tenclawz

Magnesium deficiency can also cause pain.
I am beginning to realize that any vitamin/minerals deficiency can cause all kinds of problem in the body. We need to realize that our food chain has been altered severely by GMO foods plus depletion of organic material in the soils by Roundup and other poisions to a great extent.
Pain in our bodies are telling the story truthfully.
Mom and Pop farms are gone and most folks have no garden to raise decent food.
Thanks for reading.

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This is true I have chronic pain syndrome I have vit B12 vit D & probably other vitamins they haven’t tested for and the barometer is what hurts every time it moves and I ended up getting peripheral neuropathy from the deficiency of B12 & I eat plenty of the meat & vegetables their just not the same as growing up on the farm

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My wife's doctor argued with her by saying that the blood test was accurate. Guess what? My wife got
magnesium oxide 400mg and started taking daily and her pains quit. It seems that the doctors get a little miffed if you mention the information you can find on the internet. I know you can not trust ALL that is on the internet but when the same thing shows up from different doctors on the net, it pays to pay attention to some of it.
The old saying ''talk to your doctor before taking'' does not go over too well with them, at least SOME of them. Where we are the doctors seem more interested in getting you out the door so they can see more patients. " Maybe it is'nt the doctor, maybe it is the hospital". No way to know for sure. We have to watch all the chemicals that the drug companies push at us.
I'm through complaining now.

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I absolutely feel when there is a change in weather, and barometric pressure. It is miserable but I try to think "I have gotten through this before. The weather WILL change again and this terrible pain will pass".. The Arthritis Foundation has done scientific research that proved the fact that changes in barometric pressure actually change the fluid in the bones, resulting in pain. I hope Spring will help us all!

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I always have more pain when it’s cold and damp or wet.

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Thanks for the hugs and caring. Just wish I could find something that helps more. If I do I’ll certainly share

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I am so sorry that you are going through so much. Yes, you are spot on to the barametric pressure changes escalating pain. I've got 3 auto immune diseases and arthritis and weather change wreaks havoc on me. Usually, its right before the extreme weather change or front for me. I have to "ride out" the storm so to speak. Also, the humidity in the summer is almost unbearable and I feel like I am moving in slow motion, heat intolerant and I hurt terribly. I do the best when the humidity is lower and consistent. God Bless.

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@millybuffalo

Yes, my legs have hurt since I was a small child. Doctors said I had growing pains. I can always predict changes in the weather.

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For me as a child growing pains were the constant starting when I moved from So.California to Pennsylvania at age 11 1957.
My legs hurt so terribly that I had trouble sleeping.
Our country doctor said “growing pains”. So everyone said ok and nothing was done to help me.
I think a factor was a very traumatic childhood with mental and physical abuse and abandonment.
Later I think I might have had Fibromyalgia and at age 62 diagnosed with RA and interstitial Lung Disease. My medications help me tremendously. Some days are a bit of a challenge, what’s most important is to keep moving.
The weather affects me too, I keep warm and active.
Wishing you and everyone else who suffer from the growing pains as a child and now have problems with pain .

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Thank you so much for your reply. I still have leg pain but nothing like it was when I was a child. I take cymbalta for my osteoporosis it helps the leg pain some.

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@jilliemo12345

For me as a child growing pains were the constant starting when I moved from So.California to Pennsylvania at age 11 1957.
My legs hurt so terribly that I had trouble sleeping.
Our country doctor said “growing pains”. So everyone said ok and nothing was done to help me.
I think a factor was a very traumatic childhood with mental and physical abuse and abandonment.
Later I think I might have had Fibromyalgia and at age 62 diagnosed with RA and interstitial Lung Disease. My medications help me tremendously. Some days are a bit of a challenge, what’s most important is to keep moving.
The weather affects me too, I keep warm and active.
Wishing you and everyone else who suffer from the growing pains as a child and now have problems with pain .

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Sounds like you’re writing my story also.

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