Stormy days – Am I a Human Barometer?

Something I have read about, and heard from others, is that weather really affects their fibromyalgia.  Up until recently I’ve been pretty confused about my symptoms and what is going on with me, but it seemed like the weather really didn’t bother me much.  I live in AZ where it is very dry most of the year.  But every summer, mid-July, we get hit with monsoons.  The humidity literally goes from 0 – 60 in a matter of days.  It’s lovely to have summer storms in the desert.  Pouring rain, lighting shows and the most beautiful sunsets you’ve ever seen!

 I’ve been feeling pretty good lately.  Tired, yes, but not in all that much pain and my brain has been working pretty well.  :) This morning though, I woke up with a fuzzy head and was sore from head to toe.  I tried to help my husband make some breakfast, but kept forgetting what I was doing, why I had opened the fridge, stuff like that.  I just did not feel right.  Went about the day and we even took the kids to the movies.  While we were there the sky opened up and it poured like it hasn’t all summer!  We’ve had a few good storms, but this one was the biggest.  Rain, wind, hail, thunder, lighting!  We were ducking in and out of stores at our outdoor mall while this was going on.  My hero of a husband braved the storm and went to get our big suburban “Bruce” as close to us as possible.  We all got soaked despite his efforts.
It was quite an adventure.

Once we got home and I sat down to rest (more like crash) I realized that my body had been trying to tell me this morning that it would storm today.  I think I am more in tune to my own body and symptoms now that I have been paying attention to and trying to improve them.  Here is an article from fibromyalgia-symptoms.org on Weather and Fibromyalgia, that explains why the weather effects us!

I really am a human barometer!

Next time, I will listen.