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Spokane, WA

I am talking about weather 20 degrees or colder.

January 12, 2017
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Members shared how extreme cold significantly worsens fibromyalgia symptoms, with most describing intense pain that penetrates deeply into... Read more

Members shared how extreme cold significantly worsens fibromyalgia symptoms, with most describing intense pain that penetrates deeply into muscles and bones, increased stiffness and spasms, thicker brain fog, and difficulty regulating body temperature. Several members explained their strategies for managing winter flares, including staying home when temperatures drop below freezing, relying on electric blankets and hot water bottles, layering clothing, tending wood stoves through the night, and allowing themselves permission to do only the minimum during the coldest weeks. A recurring theme was the isolation and homebound reality that cold weather brings, balanced with determination to maintain social connections and faith, alongside the hopeful anticipation of warmer seasons when symptoms often improve.

A MyFibroTeam Member

The cold n heat makes my fibro worse the cold goes down to my bones n just makes everything so much worse. Plus it's hard to warm up except the odd I call then got flashes. Then I get to hot. Our bodies can't regulate temperature. It's hard to get warm n hard to stay cool. Not everyone has this problem.

January 13, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

any time the temp gets below freezing I am pretty much home bound. I stay home and even then I do the minimum. I also find in the summer temps above 85 effects me the same way. I have had to learn to allow myself permission to "just be" at times like that. Sadly at times my friends and family get frustrated with me, but the reality is, this is my life and this is my reality. I just have to remember the weather will change.

January 19, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

Any cold makes me hurt worse. Even the a/c pointing at me

January 13, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

My muscles spasm more and are more painful in the cold. My ankles and feet lock up unexpectedly when im walking outside and I get much more stiffness in my joints when its cold.

I rely heavily on electric blankets, hotwater bottles and hot baths/showers in the winter

January 13, 2017
A MyFibroTeam Member

The cold only compounds the pain that I'm already in as well as the fibro fog is so much thicker and more frustrating. I pray the fibromyalgia dies and goes away and for all of us to be healed.

January 20, 2017

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