Can migraines be weather related?

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This might be one hell of a stupid question
But the last week or so when the weather has been really 'muggy'' I've had what I can only describe as a weird pressure in my head that I was convinced was related to the 'closeness' of the weather
Yesterday it broke and we had thunder storms followed by me getting the first migraine I've had in three years . Coincidence?

Yes. Humid conditions trigger them for me.

yes they can be.

Definitely. I get a migraine when there is a storm brewing.

Yes, an impending thunderstorm can trigger them for me.

Low barometric pressures can cause/contribute to migraines and some auto immune conditions. My joints are so stiff and painful when it's humid!

Absolutely yes I get 'weather migraines' I love spring and summer but feel lousy most of the time with either headaches hay fever or migraines ☹️

Yes. Hot weather can dehydrate you. Dehydration can trigger migraine.

Yip humidity for me too

yes, I get the worse migraines just before thunderstorms, it's a good at to tell if there's going to be one, but the migraines are awful, I get the ones that make you see colours, make you vomit and the only way to deal with it is to lay down in a completely silent dark room and take pills, have head massages.

Yes, absolutely. Extremes of weather and sudden changes are a common trigger.

Thankfully, not one of mine, but when we have a directly overhead thunderstorm, I often end up with a streaming nose which seems to be caused by the rapid pressure changes. I thought it might have been spores, but we got the torrential rain without the overhead lightning, yesterday and I wasn't affected.

In any case, make sure you stay well hydrated. You need to drink a lot more than you're used to when it's muggy.

Me too, especially before storms.

I have migraines, usually hormonal, but from being a small child a thunderstorm would give me a headache....very different to my usual migraine headache though

very interested in the dodgy joints though....my ankles have been diabolical this past couple of days, I am all over the auto immune stuff (gestational diabetes, hashimotos, inexplicable hives)

That's really interesting about the joint pain, my feet and ankles have been agony for the last couple of days.
I get hormonal migraines anyway, but I also get atmospheric migraines before a good thunderstorm and have had one all afternoon. Fingers crossed it breaks tonight!

I get the joint pain, and the migraine, before a storm too.

Does anyone understand why barometric pressure changes cause this, please? I will kiss anyone who provides a linky.

I used to get headaches before a thunderstorm but they were not migranes

Couple of links-
www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/tools-resources/weather/

www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/weather_and_pain

www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/headache-and-migraine-trigger-weather

Hot weather can help trigger mine. Yet another reason I'm not really a summer person.

Thank you so much for those brilliant links, Tissue. Very informative! xxx

I feel much better now we've had rain.

I always get migraine just before it's about to rain. Horrible things!