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donna mae

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Blame it on the weather
Jul 16^th, 2010 at 11:12pm

Hi guys,
      I've had a good stretch of about 2 weeks until this week. We've had some bad weather here. Noticed a change in my head pain earlier this week on Tue.... it was raining buckets. Today I've had head pain / burn all day and really ramped up tonight ....we've got thunderstorms coming through right now.

      Tried to sleep but no luck. Sinus just fills up and eye starts tearing like crazy. Nearly 8 months with this cycle now and no signs of it letting go anytime soon.

      Doesn't make much sense to me that the weather can have this much affect on my head but it does.

      Hoping and praying we can all have PF days and PF nights really, really soon!

Donna Mae Sad

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Re: Blame it on the weather
Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2010 at 6:30am

Hello Donna

The weather effect seems quite common among ch sufferers and it's reckoned that changes in barometric pressure are what causes this althoe as you have thunder storms changes in electrical potential in the air could also have an effect , but as usual no research has been don on this ,that I'm aware of any way.

Hope the beast cuts you a brake soon

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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: Blame it on the weather Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2010 at 8:28am Check your pm's DonnaMae. And for the record, the weather seems to affect me, too. lance
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Re: Blame it on the weather
Reply #3 - Jul 17^th, 2010 at 8:44am

donna mae wrote on Jul 16^th, 2010 at 11:12pm:

Ever hear of Divers getting the bends? It is related to changes in pressure to quickly a change as in the Bends can kill a person.

Air pressure changes with coming storms or leaving storms for that matter have affected my family for generations.

You are not alone!

When you have an air pressure headache it often helps to relieve some of the pain if you put a HOT moist cloth on the back (base) of your skull. You may need to keep reheating the cloth for a bit or toss it and hop in a hot shower keeping the water hitting the base of your skull.

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Scientists and researchers have long tried to fathom the relationship between weather changes and headaches.

Their efforts have led to the following findings:

* Change in pressure (effected by seasonal changes) brings about changes in the oxygen level, which in turn causes headache.

* Many a times the blood vessels try to compensate for the lowered oxygen level by contracting and expanding. This exertion leads to migraine.

* Headaches and migraines can be the resultant of many factors (which are often weather-related) – like high temperature and humidity, overcast skies, etc. etc.

* Weather changes sometimes also effect chemical changes in the body, which again trigger headaches and migraines.

* Electrically charged air very often sets off a bad headache.

These findings do not go uncontested and they have been strongly opposed. Scientists opposing the above assertions opine that the fluctuation in pressure resulting from seasonal changes is far too insignificant to lead to serious health crisis.

Obviously these above mentioned contesting scientists have never met any of my relatives... Roll Eyes

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Re: Blame it on the weather
Reply #6 - Jul 17^th, 2010 at 4:43pm

Hi Guys,
Thanks for responding. I guess I didn't realize how much temp changes and barometric pressure can affect us. I really appreciate all the great info.

Jay, I am currently taking 280mg verapamil, 20mg nortriptyline, 15 mg melatonin at bedtime and O2. I have a reg that goes up to 60lpm. Haven't had to use my O2 for the last 2 weeks, been maintaining on meds, coffee and redbull. I do have to be careful with too much caffeine as it prevents sleep which is already a problem even after 15mg Melatonin.

Been feeling pretty darn good actually until this weather hit here this week. Yesterday was not a good day and today not so good either. Feeling head pressure and burn for much of the day so far.

Still struggling a little with the hyperventilating and O2. It's not as easy I thought. I just need to practise more like Pete said. I'll figure this out eventually.

I appreciate all your advice and well wishes.

I am OK! Just so darned depressing to be getting ramped up hits again after having a couple good weeks. You know. And for it to be caused by the weather! Dang! Guess I will need to pay closer attention to the weather forcast in the future.

Wishing and praying for PF days & nights for all of us!

Donna Mae

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Re: Blame it on the weather
Reply #8 - Jul 20^th, 2010 at 6:16pm

   Weather the last 2 weeks was hot and humid, typical summer days for us here. Temp range was 85 - 98 degrees. Some storm warnings but nothing came close to us.

   This week and last, hazy, hot & humid with severe storm warnings everyday. Most have been directly in my area and all around us. More of the same in the forecast for the rest of the week.

   I've had a significant increase in head pressure and head burn along with eye droop, tearing and nasal congestion.

   Can't find anything else to blame it on!

Donna Mae

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