Two nights ago, they were calling for a mighty snowfall. Around that time, yours truly was fallen by a mighty headache. I mean, a mighty, blistering, brutal, intolerable, could-barely-get-myself-to-the-Advil-bottle, keeping-husband-awake-with-my-agonized-moaning kind of headache.
I understand that this is fairly common, I have heard many reports of people’s old tennis injuries/rheumatism/bad knee/whatever flaring up before a storm.
I know it has something to do with the barometric pressure. What I don’t know is what, exactly, that something is.
And, more importantly, if there’s anything I can do about it but swallow Advils wholesale the moment the Weather Network gives the word.
Burn her! She’s a witch!
On a more serious note, I suspect your sinuses. Is this something new, or has this always happened to you. If it’s recent, then you may have some sinus congestion that is swelling/ contracting in response to changes in atmospheric pressure. The symptoms may be related to a sinus infection, a potentially very dangerous health problem. See a doctor.
I don’t see why you couldn’t simply swim down to the bottom of a swimming pool and just stay there. The increased water pressure would surely counter-act the decreased air pressure. I never said it was practical…
I am (sadly) well familiar with sinus pain, and this is a little different. The pain is a bit behind and above mu sinuses, and only in one part of my head (top front left, almost behind my eye.)
It has probably always happened to me, but it’s only recently that I realized the storm connection.
I was considering this (a solution I often contemplate when in the throes of a sinus headache) but I couldn’t haul myself out of bed to find the drill because my head hurt too much. Talk about a catch-22, huh.
Advil works quite well, it just doesn’t kick in instantaneously. There is another effective cure I use while waiting for the pills to take effect, but I’m not allowed to talk about it here, and it’s not always a practical solution.
I feel your pain, cowgirl. I really mean that- I get the same headaches. If there’s a storm coming in the next 24 hours, my head tells me so. Usually an intense pain over one eye that doesn’t go away before I’ve taken a couple of extra-strength Tylenol or Advil, 2 or 3 times. Which means, I usually have the headache all day.
I’ve been this way for maybe 20 years now. I’ve always just chalked it up to being one of those things I have to deal with from time to time.
Me and one of my kids suffer from headaches when the barometric pressure drops. I asked one of the doctors I work for why it happens, and he said sinuses. I’ve found that Advil doesn’t help at all, but Tylenol and caffiene usually work very well.
I have weather headaches, too. I can tell if the barometric pressure gets near 30 or lower because I will not only have an intense headache, but I feel as though my entire head is stuffed with cotton. It also makes me feel lethargic and achy.
When I lived in California, it was fog that set them off.
I’ve found that taking a combination of advil and excedrin together helps more than either one alone.
I don’t so much as get a head ache as try to sleep around the clock, and feel like there is so much pressure behind my eyes [like I was hanging upside down] that I am pop-eyed. No appearance change, so it is all internal sensation. Very annoying. And I hate sleeping for a couple hours, waking up long enough to piss and get some water then going back to slle - ruins whole days for me=(