Weather

[untonuggan]

Does anyone else here endure weather-triggered headaches? I know sinus headaches can be bad in certain seasons or weather. I also find myself in a paradox where (1) bright sunny weather triggers photosensitivity-related migraines; (2) rain storms trigger barometric-pressure related migraines. What weather is good for migraines, then? I also know someone who has moved to be in a better migraine climate.

Poll #8398 Weather triggers

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Which weather is a trigger for your headaches?

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Stormy weather
3 (18.8%)

Bright sunny days
5 (31.2%)

Any change in barometric pressure
6 (37.5%)

Abrupt temperature changes
5 (31.2%)

All weather is out to get me
1 (6.2%)

Weather isn't a problem for me
3 (18.8%)

I hadn't thought about it, but now that you mention it...
1 (6.2%)

Something else that I will explain in a comment
2 (12.5%)

Comments

[epershand]

The main thing that seems to trigger me is the buildup to a storm--high barometric pressure before the storm breaks.

[untonuggan]

That seems to be true for a lot of people. I always get confused with high/low pressure systems and which is which no matter how many times my partner tries to explain it to me.

[syntaxofthings]

I know that weather is a problem for a lot of people but I haven't paid enough attention. I really need to do that at some point. It's hard to figure out my triggers without paying attention! I might write a post about figuring out your triggers...

[next_to_normal]

Haha, same here. I don't think weather is a problem, but I've never really tried to track it. Mostly, my triggers are stress and teeth-grinding, but I do get a lot of headaches with no explanation.

[syntaxofthings]

Aha I do the stress and teeth grinding too. Do you have anything you do to stop grinding your teeth? I can't really figure out how to unclench my jaw overnight.

[next_to_normal]

My dentist and I have discussed the option of a mouth guard, but I actually seem to clench my teeth more when I'm awake. Which you'd think would be easier to control, but I don't realize I'm doing it until I go to open my mouth and my jaw is achy and stiff.

Sometimes chewing gum or sucking on a hard candy helps, because it keeps me from locking my jaw in one spot, but that's probably not a good idea for overnight...

[syntaxofthings]

I do have a mouth guard, but mostly it protects my teeth rather than keeps me from clenching. I've tried chewing gum and it helps, it's just not something I like to do all the time. Clenching is so weird.

[next_to_normal]

It is really weird! I always feel kind of silly trying to explain it to people.

Maybe it's just me being one of those people who can't sit still and always has a song stuck in her head, but I often catch myself tapping out rhythms with my teeth, which also leads to an aching jaw and headaches. And I think about it, and I'm just like, "Self, you are SO bizarre."

[syntaxofthings]

LOL! That is a marvelous level of control over your jaw, I'd say. Not very good for it or your headaches, but marvelous.

[next_to_normal]

If only I used my powers for good... lol.

[the_rck]

I also haven't tried tracking weather. Usually, though, I can point at other things that I think are the problem.

[syntaxofthings]

Yeah, that's also *usually* the case for me, but I don't know... I don't really track things in general. Just suffer.

[feuervogel]

For me, it seems to be mostly very hot, oppressively humid weather. When NC was 95+ for a week, and the humidity was high, too, I had daily headaches.

[anaraine]

I've been having this problem recently with the unusual weather where I live... in the morning it will be raining lightly and then two or three hours later it will have jumped up to ~80°F — which gives me screaming migraines that last for at least a day, no matter what I do.