Guest guest Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 With fibromyalgia, can the weather affect pain, as with arthritis? The reasons I'm asking are two-fold. Saturday, I got the achiness in my back, and the really bad pain in my shoulder. We were going through a weather change at that time - it was sunny, and over night it got cloudy, colder, ranier, etc. Woke up Sunday morning and the pain in my shoulder hadn't disappated overnight, which that at least does. I'm used to being sore and achy all over when I get up in the morning - but the sharp pains usually go away as I sleep because I guess I relax. I can recall 3 specific instances this year that they haven't. Luckily, after my pills, this settled down for a bit - enough that I was able to do some housecleaning with my son helping me. This morning I woke up to my regular achy stiff pain. Took my meds, was expecting it to settle down in a few hours. Now our weather today is cruddy - temps in the 40's and 50's, rain, etc, and ever changing. The other secretary in my office said that maybe it's connected to the weather as well....her husband has arthritis (I think RA) and he's having a devil of time this week. Basically, I think my major question is, can weather affect fibro the way it affects RA, and other things? I'm trying to figure out why some days are much worse than others, even if the level of activity has changed. Thanks a lot. Tina --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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