Weather changes, winter to summer and summer to winter absolutely beat the the living hell out of me. If I'm out in the heat to long and walk directly into a cold air conditioned room, I can assure you the beast is coming to investigate. I live in Florida so there's not much of a spring or fall. The beast plans his vacation with me every March and stays anywhere from 1 to 4 months. And he always makes sure to come see me in late October.

I KNOW the weather effects me. We have been having severe Kansas weather all week. My head has constant pressure. I also have SADD. I think it's a factor, we had a long dark winter and my clusters are back after 5 years! I was crushed to see them again. Anyone else see a SADD connection?

Oh and another thing.. I get bad hits when storms come around too.  I can tell you if a storm is near sometimes to 30 miles away... its very strange, but its common for people with arthritis so I know its possible.

I thought that it was like that here in NZ.  I do have to admit that the severity of the pressure is a lot better here.  I still get hits though and I also get them when Im at the Britomart Train Station.  You can bet that if there are 2 or 3 trains waiting when I come calling I'm gonna have a 4-6 kip before Im off at my stop and sometimes 7 or 8 when I finally reach home.

Zen

This article has some info mostly on migraines and barometric pressure...(& a little bit about a weird tree that can give you a cluster)

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but the thing that really stuck out to me was this weird tidbit--

It has been observed that dust originating from larger deserts can be transported to other continents by atmospheric air, resulting in an adverse effect on public health. Up to 5 billion tons of desert dust travels around the globe each year and 50-75 % of the dust originates from Africa.17 Dust originating from the Sahara Desert contains microorganisms that could initiate a series of reactions upon contact with cloud water and efficient UV light from sun. This may result in the formation of reduced iron (Fe2+), oxalate and various basic amino acids. A recent study shed light on mechanisms related to headache. The simulated conditions of Saharan dustladen air induced a c-fos response in the nociceptive superficial lamina (I and II) in trigeminal nucleus caudalis.18 The nociceptive effect was not mediated by dust itself or living microorganisms, but rather by nanoparticles (smaller than 450nm) probably released during a multiplication of microorganisms.

huh.

I live in sunny so-cal, since it only rains once a year I've never been able to establish a pattern with pressure changes!

Joe