When it rains it pours…literally with fibromyalgia the rain makes me worse. I love thunderstorms but now, it makes for a bad day. Hot shower and pain meds for me tonight.
Feel the same way with the pain but sometimes feel the symptoms get worse with the coming of the storm and then there is relief when it storms itself out…so in a strange way I still like a thunderstorm, but really I do understand what you mean. I also get meds, heating pad and quiet activities in place to help mitigate. I hope one day thunderstorms will once again bring a smile to your face. Stay bundled up and comfy. Sending you hugs!
I can empathize. I used to love dancing (yes, literally) in the rain. And thunderstorms... I used to scare my mother to death and make my father wonder about my intelligence, because I was the girl who would go outside, lie on the grass, and stare up at the lightning show and vibrate with the earth. I'd let myself get soaked, even in the early spring or late fall.
But that was a long time ago... a lifetime ago.
Now, I roll my eyes and sigh. I close the window and pull down my blackout shade. I turn on my sound machine and try to sleep through it... that's if I'm lucky enough to be home when they hit (which is semi-rare, because in the Springs, it clouds up and rains almost every day). If I'm at work... I have to throw on my headphones, crank the music up, and focus on my computer screen. I can't wait to move into an office that has no windows. Because now, that change that comes with the storms - and the change back when they leave.... it's awful. Joints ache, muscles feel weak and strained, and without a doubt, when the rain moves through, I become even more sensitive to touch.
I hope you're feeling better today.