both effect my body.my body temp stays low always,unless i get fever,.i stay with chills whether its cold or hot.my temp runs 96 r 97,so at 98 i have fever,you are blessed,grammie.

I do seem to feel more pain when it gets cold, but here in Alabama, we don't get too much cold!

We do, however, get lots of humidity and HOT temps in the summer, which don't help my fibro at all. I'd be hard-pressed to say which is worse.

Both seem to affect my body in different ways but I would have to say the cold is the worst. I also have sever migraines which are caused from barometric pressure changes so I can honestly say weather is not my friend. lol!

Winter is bad for me. Summer is not good but barometric changes are the worst, all in all.

Here in NC in the past week, we has a small coating of snow Sunday afternoon - a big T'storm late Monday night. Highs in the mid 70's on Wednesday - nearly 80 & windy Thursday - major rain with tornado watches on Friday with a 25 degree drop in temps & major wind in the evening. Today it was cool & very windy. Low tonight of about 25 with only a high of 50 Sunday.

No wonder I have really been hurting this week. All in all when it is just above freezing with rain & wind is by far the worst for me.

Oh, by the way my normal body temp is 97.4, so like maddiesgr, 98.6 is a fever for me.

Mike

For me, summer is the worst!! I live in south Louisiana, and summers are long and brutal. It is usually in the high 90s a good portion of the time, plus the heat index, which takes us over 100.

But the real problem is the humidity, which is usually 80% and over. It sets my symptoms off like crazy. So I spend much of May through September indoors in the A/C :(

BUT our winters are very mild....so I just add a couple extra thin layers, and I'm fine....my symptoms are much easier to handle.

We all need that magic place of 75 degrees, no humidity, all the time!!

HUGS from down south :)

Yes! this is so true! I drive everyone crazy in my house cause I am just the opposite of every one else.

Winter makes my pain levels worse and I am totally heat intolerent in the summer. I prefer the summer because my pain levels are somewhat better.

I do not like winter at all. I usually have my worst flares then. I like summer for the most part because warmth loosens my muscles so that they don't hurt as bad. Also, swimming helps extremely with the pain. It's only sometimes that the summer the temperature affects my pain when it's super hot and my joints get swollen. Otherwise, summer tends to feel good on my body. Almost like cuddling up in a nice and warm electric blanket after a long day.

I agree with Cajun...75 degrees and NO humidity would be heavenly. The winter makes me ache, but the humidity makes me miserable. I feel like I am a human barometer. I can feel the change.

I do much better when temps are low with low humidity.
Spring and summer with their heat and high humidity make me so
sick I often end up in E.R with heat exhaustion. I truly am dreading the
end of winter!

I, like fibrolizzy, live in Alabama. But I live on the coast. I do quite well in the heat, and humidity doesn't bother me either. Any kind of cold weather increase my pain levels a lot. So does the rain.

I have found that if I keep my neck warm and stable temperature, during the cold, rain, and windy weather, I'm less likely to have a major flare up.
In the summer, I have sleeveless turtlenecks to wear, and there have been times when my arms were cold in the summer that I wore long-sleeved turtle neck shirts to the beach with shorts and flip-flops.
In the winter, I often am warm in the legs and feet, and freezing in the neck area, so I wear a turtle neck under my nightgown.
Of course, everyone in the house laughs because they're comfortable and I'm having to wear layers, however, I can move, so I go with it!

I'm just like cajuntiger and from Louisiana. The humidity set of my symptoms like crazy but the cold down here keep them at bay because it's the only time the air is dry. I have also found that I ache really bad right before a storm or when the barometric pressure changes it's awful.

For me it is the temperature extremes. my joke is that I have a broken thermo stat.

T

And I keep having intense hot flashes! And i'm 71. I. Live in San Diego, suppose to be the best climate in the country! I suffer with heat and cold. I am the princess and the pea, use heat and air conditioning on the same day, sometimes. I have left places if I feel too hot or cold. If it's too noisy or crowded. Not an easy person to go anywhere with.

It's just an awful illness. Now I get to sleep at night, been taking Xyrem for many years. This is very helpful for FMS. Good, deep, sleep diminishes pain and stiffness. I do yoga and Pilates, try to get out to walk. It is a hard way to live. So sorry you have it, too.d.