That's like saying there's no proof that the full moon affects mental patients! Its subjective, and observational. If it looks like an elephant and smells like an elephant, it probably is an elephant!

Hi! I'm new, so not sure if you all will get a notice saying you got a new post to this old thread. Could someone please respond and tell me if that's how this forum works?

And I just wanted to say I really felt better after reading this entire thread tonight. This winter has been hellish here too, and I see I'm not so alone in how it can have such a negative effect on how one feels! (I thought it was just me, and that I should be able to handle it better).

I dread winter. I try my best to use every tool I have to make it through each year with a better frame of mind than last. I figured I was handling it pretty good by the end of this December. (It's been 9 years total since the pain started). January was at least better than last year this time. But by now, March, I'm pretty much a basket case! So reading this helped a lot. I'm not going off the deep end for no reason.
It's late, and I hope my brain is forming thoughts into readable sentences. but I wanted to say thank you for these posts. And that I'm upping my Vitamin D dose.
Take care and I hope you have had a break of warm (anything above 50 degree) days!!!
Sunrise

PS: Sometime I'll talk more about my health stuff (or add it to my sig). I'll just say the PN is the worst part!

Hi Sunrise and welcome to Neurotalk.

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I hope that helps.

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Hi sushine welcome. I actually moved states from up north because the cold winter was horrible on my condition. There is no "perfect" state but the cold/snow is extremly horrible on me by far. Welcome to the boards

Ok, got it! I used to belong to a glass forum that I see now is a lot like this one.

Sunrise

Hi there, My dream is to do the same thing! Just can't seem to put all the pieces together to make it happen. Finding a good pain doctor is one problem with my DX's. Or at least it has been here. Not having much $$$ to make a move is another. But it usually comes together when it's supposed to, so I keep looking and hoping. Just wish I could make it happen faster!

Like you said there's no perfect climate but I bet I could think of a couple better ones than the mountains!

Sunrise

I think that San Diego has the most temperate clime in the USA.
Average 70-75 degrees for 365 days.
.........But its on the San Andreas Fault.
(Nothing's perfect ).

May I ask where you live? I have traveled for a lot of my docs but one really good pain doc I found in my hometown was by calling a teaching hospital in my area and explaining what I had and if they had a pain doc who dealt with it a lot. He was truly better then my Cleveland Clinic doc which is much more well known.
Nide I always though San Diego had cold winters like 50's?
Well at least spring is around the corner for all in cold states. Tonight is spring forward

Its 56 degrees today in San Diego (52 in Balto- D.C.)
I was meaning the average temp.
Summers can get in the high 80's sometimes.
I'll take 50's (w/no snow) rather than 15-25 (or less) with 60"-85" ofsnow (in less than 2 weeks, this year).
and 80 rather than 98-103 like it is around here.
But around here, you can't feel the ground shake, and the dishes rattle.