Okay, that's awesome...only half of my post is showing up!

Anyway, what I wrote was that I the weather got me thinking about how many different triggers I tend to have: weather changes, menstruation, stress, sleep disturbances and poor diet (esp too much sugar). I was wondering what common triggers everyone else has?

-YB

I am sooooo sorry. i have been dealing with it too. And we get it tomorrow eve and friday YEAH!!!!!

Getting out of bed does it for me. :-)

Actually, my real flares generally come AFTER a really stressful situation ends. I do fine until it's over - I guess the adrenaline or cortisol or whatever from the stress itself keeps it at bay. Once the stress is over though... I want to die for about a week or more.

I've also discovered repetitive motion (like kayaking) and heavy vibration (like a lawn mower or Harley Davidson) are very bad ideas.

Some of my triggers are stress, weather changes, wet weather, to much exercise, sleep deprivation, and being sick with flue, strep throat etc.

I agree with the repetitive motions being a bad idea. I have learned that certain household chores like unloading the dishwasher and mopping the floors can trigger a flare.

yep, pressure change is a big one for me. so is lack of sunlight and chemicals.

SUGAR is my WORST.....cannot tolerate processed sugar at all, and now I'm finding that even things with Splenda, etc, trigger the fibro.

The weather also affects me....we have AWFUL humidity here lots of the year, and it really affects me terribly.

Lack of sleep is huge.

I had a big one today.....a trip to the dentist!! My muscles just tense when they've got my head all tilted back, and my jaw open so long!

I'm finding diet is becoming more and more important to controlling symptoms....I need to work on that more!

HUGS from down south :)

I'm very sensitive to any changes in barometric pressure -- up or down. Yes to repetitive motions, especially new ones or with muscles I don't normally use. I was cleaning my silver jewelry tonight & will certainly pay. Being too long behind the wheel or sitting in the same position w/out altering it often enough. Standing too long, sitting w/ my legs down instead of up on the recliner. Carrying something down at my side, especially to one side only -- hence the need for a cross-body purse.

Alcohol, anything more than half a beer & even that may not be wise. Getting really chilled or overheated.

I'm sure my list is way longer than that, both those are the ones that floated to the surface first.

The ice and snow and cold is the WORST here. And Im in the rain state.

Hi this is the first time I heard that weather changes are triggers...bummer....So is that like a change in humidity or temp?
thx

I am from Mississippi, and we have been having some crazy weather lately.. I can tell hours before if it's going to rain just by how my body feels. I have also noticed that my scalp gets VERY tender to the point I can't brush my hair or move it because it hurts so bad. When that starts I know i'm going to have a bad day coming up.

Not sure if anyone else gets this, but my skin gets SO tender, if my stomach itches and I don't think about it and scratch it kind of hard it's sore after. I am a newborn photographer so I do a lot of bending down and kneeling. I have spaced sessions out weeks apart because I know I will be down for a few days after a session or wedding.

Wow. I too get real sick before weather changes.
I was diagnosed fibro and maybe it is but it came from lyme disease, as I had the rashes.
Triggers are , just about everything, don't you think?

I go in phases. I have been laid up since Sunday, last evening I got up so to speak and worked on the stuff I didn't do when I was sick. Hubby helps a lot but there is still a lot to do after a sick period or maybe i should call it a flare?

Amazing thing isn't it? I am grateful when I can sleep the pain away, and when I am not too sick to my stomach. Pain is not so great though. Lisa

I'm like you Shannon, my scalp hurts and I itch in different places, but today when I went to the dentist as soon as I got home I had to go to bed, finally was able to do some things later, but my body is just sore most everyday. I do sleep but take medicine because I have insomnia and just toss and turn and my brain won't stop thinking this, that and something else. Also for some reason when we have rainy weather my head gets so tired, can't explain it but then to it happens like that when the weather is good.

That is interesting about the repetitive motions and vibrations...I've noticed a lot of times when I got for a long car rides (e.g. Chicago to St. Louis and back) or plane trips, I feel crappy afterwards, but always assumed it was because I was traveling through diff. weather patterns.

Ooh yes. Storms affect me also

I haven't had the scalp pain thing **crossing fingers**, but lately my skin has been extremely itchy. I did go off my main antihistamine [Zyrtec] & am wondering if that's some kind of rebound response. Iwent thru two rounds of allegy testing which all came back negative. Huh, that's news to me.

However, in speaking w/ the allergist, we figured out that there might be a serious trigger inside my house. I just bought this house 2 years ago, but the wall-to-wall carpet in the living room is 25 years old. It's white and stained [they had a small dog], and they never had it steam cleaned before they sold, so all the edges are grey. The doc's eyebrows shot up & he said that could be a serious problem. Some people may be allergic to certain molds, but there are other molds that are toxic to everyone, & that kind could be growing in the carpet, the underpad, even the plywood flooring. Solution -- rip it all up & replace it w/ flooring! $$Ouch!$$