every time the weather changes i get a a headache

rong board

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LOL. I finally found that record last year after years of looking for it.

This happens to me too. I've had the most severe sinus related headaches since as far back as I can remember. Nothing works - not sinus medication, not Exedrin, not Tylenol, not Aleve, not coffee, not alcohol, etc. The only thing that helps is sleep. And I can't sleep right now. And I have a motherfucker of a headache.

Rain seems to also aggravate these. Any tips?

I'd talk to a doctor.

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not that unusual –– http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/headaches/AN00751

I get this all the time, particularly when the barometric pressure drops. I can generally predict very accurately when the barometric pressure is going to be listed as falling on online weather sites. (I don't mean far in advance, I mean right before I check the site.)

I have not found a way to prevent this problem.

Nasal irrigation helps mollify the problem to some extent, as does pseudoephedrine, caffeine, dark chocolate, and green chile. I also find that I like to eat buckwheat products when this is happening, which is interesting since buckwheat contains quercetin. (Still I've never found straight quercetin all that helpful, and it's not as if eating buckwheat really undoes the problem. It just feels appropriate somehow.)

It's not just headaches. Sometimes I don't get a headache, but when the barometric pressure falls, it feels like the energy is draining out of me. I feel limb-weary and my head wants to drop.

What a nice break to have this thread appear on ILM! So true, humidity in particular puts me in a weird bad mood...i live in nyc so it's basically all the time (except the nine months a year of winter). i need to move to the southwest but can't bring myself to do it!

i hear the thread title to the tune of Chris Bell' "I Am The Cosmos"

every time the weather changes
i get a a headache
it hurts real bad

Those severe "sinus related" headaches are almost certainly migraines, and your sinuses are probably fine. Sinusitis would be painful no matter what the barometer's doing.

Fancy migraine pills (triptans) would probably help, but they're crazy expensive. Best trick might be to take a huge dose of Advil (800mg say) and lie down for a bit. Catch it as soon as it starts, don't wait for it to build up.

(I'm a neurologist, but this free advice isn't official or anything)

Those severe "sinus related" headaches are almost certainly migraines, and your sinuses are probably fine. Sinusitis would be painful no matter what the barometer's doing.

This is so wrong. Acute sinusitis would be a problem no matter what the barometer is doing, but for someone who has damaged sinuses, somewhat irritated much of the time, changes in barometric pressure can trigger something worse.

Every sinus expert I've ever read on this subject contradicts you. I haven't unpacked my books yet since moving recently, but I will try to come back later and add something more to back this up. The whole trend of explaining almost every headache as migraine seems to me to be an unfortunate fad. I have a long history of sinus problems (with a longer history of allergies) and lack many, if not most of the major symptoms of migraine.

If the barometric pressure drops suddenly, as it does often before a storm, and your sinus passageway is blocked, the higher pressure in the sinus will press on the bones surrounding it to cause a horrible headache. When your nose is stuffy, the inner linings of your nose are swollen, and the same swelling can shut the sinus passageway, preventing air pressure inside your sinus from changing to balance the pressure outside, and you can develop a sinus headache.

http://www.drmirkin.com/morehealth/1254.html

More detail here:

http://www.ehow.com/list_6011150_barometric-pressure-sinus-problems.html

yeah air pressure can have a dramatic effect on the sinuses