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Does your Fibromyalgia feel better in warmer climates?
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i also have found when i return home to the cold i very quickly revert to nasty symptoms of fibro. Hence my love of the heat
I live in the Scottish Highlands and since being diagnosed, I have never been anywhere warmer to give a comparison of my symptoms.. unfortunately!
the heat definatley helps me, i love being in the sun, how ever if i get on a bus whilst abroad, and it has air conditioning , I immediatley get shooting pains in my arms and elbows and have to wear a cardigan when everyone else is enjoying the cool breeze! I look like a right wimp!
Yes im the same, i always take my woolies and I have extra blankets on my bed at night. I feel 20 years younger when I go to warmer climates. Perhaps its time to move. Thanks for your info x
Much better in heat and can't stand draughts or breezes - that's me! I get cold easily and I can't warm up either if I do get cold so I tend to wear clothes that cover me up properly all year. After lots of trials, I bought a very expensive coat which not very good to look at, but is light as a feather but extremely warm as long as I can move around a little bit - just round the house for example but I do wear it every time I go out. I have the heating on, a mega-duvet and an electric underblanket, sometimes with a hot water bottle - this is in September. Does anyone else have that or am I just super-nesh? I feel I'm too young to need a hot water bottle in bed!
My husband says i look like im heading off on an expedition when i climb the stairs to if the temperature drops ( and i mean climb!) I have been known to be wearing tshirt, pyjama top, pyjama bottoms,socks, long thick fluffy dressing gown gloves and a hat ! thats alongside duvet with fleece over the top and the heating on, oh and two oat heat packs.... very attractive !
I get cold very easily it could be 90 degrees outside and I'll be freezing
Yes the heat sure does help,i am the same though always have a cardi at hand.I also have to have extra blankets on a night as i do get chilly,really love been in the sun feel great but then i have to come home and know that it will all change and i will be back to normal,in pain.
no because i am heat resistant. and it makes me sweat like i am in a sauna
i have never been abroad so no idea
My hearing bill - is a reflection of the fact that heat helps. The colder I am the worse I feel. Holidays abroad / sunbeds are rare due to cost and affects on health but certainly help to give me a boost and keep the fibro in order for a short period. It's just unfortunate us fibro sufferers have to fight to keep our benefits when almost every action in our lives causes us to suffer, whether this is keeping warm/doing too much/not doing enough! Really suffering at the moment - so feeling really down! Sorry. On the upside the boiler is doing its job 
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I find that if I am in warmer weather my whole outlook is uplifted but I don't necessarily feel physically better but things like hot water bottles and heated foot pads (think Billy Connollys giant slipper!) and warmed wheat packs (the ones you can put in the microwave oven) really help me keep mobile.... cold just makes me seize up completely... If I could chose where to live I would go somewhere like the med, australia or the west coast of America where it is always warm!
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How right you are. I must admit the weather on the West cost of America is beautiful.
I am just back from 3 weeks holidays in America, after a few days i was feeling not bad. Only after early mornings & walking too far did i have to stop & rest. Fortunately our appartment had a large bath, & was it a comfort!. Heat certainly helped me as I had to go to my bed only t
wicewhile I was away.
Staying in the west coast of Scotland has it's pro & cons. Beautiful scenery but very wet weather.Fibro hugs to all (((o))) xxx Julie from Ayr.
Im in agreement with all the above, think its time we became one giant commune and move to the sunshine lovely people.....xxx
Sounds great Freyeesha. To be with people who understand, and to be able to make fun with people who understand..... and to enjoy the relief that the warmth sunshine brings....xx
I found I'm better in the warm,have just bought a electric waiscoat its wonderfull and doesnt stick into you like a hotbay,which I then finds gives me pain,so am realy pleased with it.
Pain wise its better in warmer weather. Worse in winter. But just can't cool down in the summer since having fibro. Always have big flare ups which are nastier in the winter
Warmer/hot weather is very good for my symptoms but only if there is low humidity, if the humidity is high (sticky heat) it makes me feel awful. Also sure that high pressure/low pressure affects me...high pressure best (I think!). Cold damp weather such as British winters (and summers!) are absolute torture, I cant cope. Gentle hugs, BethX
I think that slightly warmer weather helps me -- but there again it might be that you usually experience warmer weather when on holiday so therefore it may be the "relaxing atmosphere of the holiday" that is actually having the beneficial effect rather than the weather. Extremes of temp (very hot and very cold!) are difficult to cope with. However I always find that my spirits are lifted and my mood improves when I see the sunshine!!
it just feels better when you are in the sun, i still suffer the same pain but you just feel better because of the sun, still take all of my tablets, just carry on, my neighbour just cleaned my shower because i cannot get down to clean and she is older than me, frustrated
After a few weeks it eases off a bit but its still there but if I get to warm it flairs up with avengense then I as bad as when its cold . Sithy
i found that my fibro was much better in hot country's when i was in thailand & india it was so much better plus less stressed
no i found that my joints swell and get tired more
Personally speaking I feel psychologically better straight away even just seeing the sunshine. My pain slowly seems to feel better and I do feel more positive about all things Fibro. I love the sunshine and heat, my Fibro's never as bad when I'm warm or hot. I feel less stressed too, when I am cold my bones and entire body hurt and every little thing seems magnified! I love being warm, I hate Winter with a passion, I completely freeze and cease up.
yes the warmer weather helps ,i cant stand the cold i have so much pain also i have pain with neuropathic pain in my feet its nerve damage with that i have severe pain all the time .i soak in a warm bath that help then my electric blankit relaxes me so i can get a few hours sleeep .
I went to La Palma in June, my aches and pains disappeared after a couple of days, I'd had really bad pain in my neck and shoulder for over 12 months and had 2 steroid injections that could'nt shift it. I haven't had the shoulder/neck pain since : )
I wish warmth did me some good. It seems to make things worse and between that and the cold I do not seem to able to find a happy medium. I quizzed my GP on it and he says as my Fibro is chronic after all this time then I won't find things any easier in the warmer months. Even getting a warm bath has me in a state and I have to drain the bath and get out again xxxxx
The sun does not like me anymore=(
For me it depends on how hot it is because extremes of temperature - either hot or cold - will make my fibro worse - particularly my knees and hips.
A nice warm dry temperature of around 16 - 18 degrees is better for me.
i always feel better in the sunshine, humidity is a killer though....i feel worse. Hot and dry weather suits me fine...i have more energy and feel less tired. i can still ache but only mildly...i want to live in spain but sadly thats not possible for a few more years. just bought a SAD lamp..10,000 lux..like bright sunshine and i can report a significant improvement in my general sense of wellbeing.
I found this very hard to answer so I've voted other....
If the warm weather is humid I suffer and can get much worse.
If the atmosphere is thundery I am really not good
If the sun is too bright I get headaches
BUT yes the warmth and natural vitamin D makes me feel better.
So it very much depends on what kind of warm weather it is.
AND I went to Canada in winter and found THAT cold beneficial because it was bright, clear and dry.
I felt so much better on holidays abroad that I decided to move to a warmer climate. For 5 years I've slowly improved, but this year has been extra hot and it's made me exhausted a lot of the time, with the result that my stamina has declined. I'm looking forward to our lovely mild winter.
Really glad you got help by moving to warmer climate and understand your exhaustion when it is too warm. Could I ask which country you moved to because I want to move to Lanzarote for the warmth and yr round sun which seems to help. I cannot afford to do it yet though as I am on benefits and had dla stopped 2 yrs ago. I suffer raynauds, underactive thyroid, vitamin d deficiency and fibromyalgia and swear the warmer weather helps me so much but cannot get benefits transferred. I know I could work if I moved but have no way yet of raising funds. As a trained counsellor and enlightenment card reader I am hoping my new online card reading service will eventually earn enough for me to go. Well done you for making the move. x
Yes much better. I've just come back from 2 weeks in Spain and I had no symptoms at all whilst except being exceedingly tired at the end of the day. This is understandable as I used being well as an excuse to pack as much into my holiday as possible. I have felt the cold more than normal since my return though and all the joint pain and stiffness has returned with a vengeance.
Havent actually travelled to warmer climates but in the summer I do feel a whole lot better
I get pain as my main symptom, all year round, but it's definately worse in the cold and damp. I used to be out in all weathers, a real 'go for a stomp with boy and dog' type, but now I dread the cold and wet. Thank heavens we have heating at last, 3 yrs or so without has been no fun! Go to say I love thermals, wrist warmers and fingerless gloves though, as well as hunters gloves, (as a pacifist it's nice to know something good came from hunters, no disrespect intended)!
Since Scottish Summer's does not permit a warm climate and I am too unwell to travel abroad, it is very difficult to say.However, a warm environment and packs as well as fleece blankets help to reduce leg pains.
Pain gets better after a few days but I also sweat terribly in any kind of hot conditions, even in winter with the central heating on. I also suffer from lymphoedema and always get a bout of cellulitus in hot climates so I cannot win. Poor me, get the violins out!
I am allergic to the sun and sweat more in the summer but struggle to bath as fibro takes all my energy
I love the sun, heat and hot baths. Even during the summer, i tend to feel cold and end up wearing a jumper when everyone else is in vests and shorts. Ive always suffered with being cold, my hands are always cold. Its October and ive already started to wear 2 pairs of trousers and layers upon layers of jumpers. I hybernate when its cold, which is 90% of the time.
I'm def grizzly bear no1. 'll only be leaving home for essential appointments this winter. I was diagnosed last week but my mum told me that even as a small child, my hands and feet were always much colder than my brothers and we were always well wrapped up. The cold causes much extra pain and when I'm in a warm climate, I'm less stiff althought I still siffer from pain. I got my warm joggers, socks, slipppers, dressing gown and warm blanket and the temperature hasn't dropped yet.
I have just been away and came back early this morning. I can say that after a few days my back and hip symptons had improved with the heat although my feet didnt and my hands got worse but that is due to the heat swelling them. Although i did find yesterday and the day before I could feel my back and hips starting again 
had a lovely relaxing holiday though
2 yrs ago just after my dla was stopped and in the depth of winter I was suicidal. I took off to lanzarote on my own to escape the constant cold in my flat and suicidal thoughts. I got relief and was feeling a little better after a few days of sun and warmth. Dla said that if I could manage to get to Lanzarote on my own then I can cope. Tried telling them it was either spend all that money or commit suicide because I could not take any more but they not interested. Every time I appeal I get the same response, if you can go that far on your own you not that bad. when I was in Lanzarote I spent the first few days in my room on my balcony just getting sun because I also suffer extreme anxiety and because a couple of days I was struggling to move but they not interested. Also been diagnosed with vit d deficiency probably caused by never leaving my bed and it not being warm enough for me to go out even in summer in this country and raynauds which leaves me feeling freezing all the time. in winter i cannot use my hands to care for myself because they freeze and become stiff and painful. I believe that I could work again if I lived in a warmer climate but dla not having any of it. What was I suppose to do? stay in bed and suffer?
I chose other because it can ease but not completely better with warmer climates; it takes time to feel this effect. I have to say cold and winter is exceptionally painful and I am especially sensitive. I have to go to bed and wrap up. I feel cold to the bone in winter.
Yes I do feel better in the warmer climates, but the pain never really goes completely.
I can not cope at all with winter. The pain renders me in screaming agony. I can't sleep or mover far from my bed. Doctors are running out of idea's as i am taking maxium doses of pain killers. But when summer is here i love it i can have some sort of normality and barely touch the pain killers. Even with the menopause i am much better in the summer.
