was barometric pressure - mathematical formula for ME CFIDS

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Hi Sharon,

Thanks for your thoughts. I am thinking it through and I can see your points

but I think it is different for me.

I have POTS so I am sensitive to heat and humidity (lucky for me I live in

Central Texas, huh?) Anyway, I deal with that using Florinef, sea salt,

compression socks and cooling cloths. It has gotten worse over the years and I

now use a small window air conditioner but went through several summers without

air. So I have been able to manage my POTS symptoms during the summer.

Using those same techniques in the winter when the barometer changes does not

work. I use summer and winter as it mostly only rains in the winter here. That

is why I am thinking there must be another mechanism. Perhaps a related

mechanism. The symptoms feel like brain swelling. Maybe that is what it is....

I know that I have moderately high Cerebral spinal fluid pressure (as measured

by Dr. Baraniuk at town). Maybe the barometer change increases the

pressure in the skull.

Also, subjectively, it seems that I am able to function once I am cooled down

enough in the summer. POTS makes me uncomfortable and I feel like fainting due

to the heat. But when the barometer changes, I do not feel like fainting nor

short of breath or dizzy.

When it rains and the day before, I feel like I have a special gravity spot that

follows me wherever I step and the gravity is 2G instead of 1G. Does that make

sense? But it is not just physically, I am at 2G, mentally as well - my brain

runs at 3/4 or 1/2 speed. The delayed reaction thought process is even slower

than usual which is slower than when I was normal.

Maybe we can find a mathematical formula and then mainstream medicine will

understand us!

ME/CFIDS = (2G x PHY) + (1/2 x MENT)

Reading too much Issac Asimov!

Marti

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> > Do you know any more about barometric pressure sensitivity? > > Sue

>

> This has the same effect on me as does heat and humidity. In those who are

> susceptible (roughly 20% of the population) it will cause arterial dilation.

> Think of a rubber band that has lost it's elasticity.The 'limp' arteries are

> not able to 'pump' the blood through the body, so it tends to pool. This is

> most evident, and problematic, in the lower GI tract.

> There are a few nutritional supplements that help tone up the arteries, Vit

> C, Vit B-1, calcium, anything that boosts the adrenals. These would need to

> be taken hourly, or no more than every 2-3 hours (talking more about the C

> and B-1 here).

> Having been dxed with ADD at the ripe old age of 50, I have Ritalin in the

> house, though I rarely use it. However when I have one of these dilation

> episodes during the hot season, or because of a low or falling barometer, I

> will use the Ritalin in small amounts (10 mg, the dose for a 6 yr old) 2x a

> day for 2 days at most.

> To start toning up the lower GI tract, peppermint oil caps are wonderful. At

> these times we should stay away from anything that's known to have a

> relaxing effect, which is probably most supplements and very definitly

> alcohol will make the whole thing worse.

>

> Sharon

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