Most certainly the weather is a factor. I have logged symptoms for almost three years now (accident 5 years ago) looking for things that cause all of the head pressure and fatigue with lots of other goodies. I quickly saw that bumps were a factor, and lack of sleep was a factor. I had gone to a NUCCA Chiro for a few years, and finally got the neck issues settled down, but still had issues. Some mornings I woke up, and wondered what hit me in the night.

I read about people with migraines that were affected by pressure change, and so I downloaded the weather data from wunderground archives and lined up the spreadsheet with my symptom data spreadsheet. Incredible correlation! This accounts for maybe 80% of my remaining issues! Needless to say we are considering relocating.

I presented this idea and data to my neurologist yesterday, and he said that a lot of his patients say the same thing, but medicine has not yet found a reason, and so they really cannot say that it is true. Well, I am not sure what it would take to prove it, as I had years of data to show him.

For me, any barometric pressure change greater than 0.2 in mercury (up or down) will produce fatigue, hot head, and head pressure. Unsettled weather creates problems, while steady weather is wonderful. My neurologist said that maybe the weather change was just triggering an atypical migraine (no headache).

We were out west visiting relatives a few times in the last year, and my symptoms almost all disappeared while there. As soon as I got home they came back. We are going to go to AZ this winter, and test this theory a little further.

I live in WI, an we have maybe 160 such pressure changes in a year. Yes, almost half the days of the year. The summer is better, but winter and spring can be brutal. Hawaii never has changes this great, and the best place I found on the mainland is Miami (3 incidents per year) and San Diego (10 Incidents) Denver was the worst in the nation with well over 200. We think that humidity also affects me, and so are going to try dry AZ. Madison WI is ranked #2 for the most migraines per capita in the nation.

I found very interesting comments on an article on the dailyheadache, but cannot post a link as I do not have the rights here yet. Search 'Edmonton AB Migraines Killing Me' and the link should come up. One lady in Alberta had daily migraines, and moved to California, and the headaches all went away. (Post #14 and #22) One couple moved all over the place until they found heaven in AZ (Post # 33). It seemed that a lot of the people with issues lived in the North and especially the Northeast.

Anybody else have input on this topic of weather creating issues for those of us with PCS?