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Are Your Symptomes More Sever In Winter?

elisabet

By elisabet
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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elisabet Contributor
elisabet
Posted

Hi all,

do you think weather has any influence on your symptomes,?

thanks elisabet

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aikiducky Apprentice
aikiducky
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I haven't noticed that at least. Are you feeling worse than you did?

Actually, now that I think about it, both my husband (non-celiac) and I have noticed that we feel more tired when the weather is rainy and dark and overcast. I think it has to do with the air pressure. But my Gi symptoms don't get worse. I read somewhere that introvert people react more strongly to changes in weather, I don't know if it's true but it does seem to apply to us two, lol.

Pauliina

Guest Robbin
Guest Robbin
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Hi! Yes it really does affect me, but I have fibromyalgia too, so its hard to say what is affecting what. I have read that some researchers believe celiac causes fibromyalgia, so perhaps it is the celiac causing the whole miserable mess. Any changes in the weather especially wet weather, but hot humid weather too affect me, so you're not alone.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I find I do feel worse in hot, humid weather. I am sensitive to the sun--I can't stay out on hot, sunny days very long. I will get woozy and feel like I could faint. I don't think the weather has any effect on my GI stuff--it's more of a systemic thing.

DonnaD Apprentice
DonnaD
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I feel much worse in winter and have Fibro too. One interesting link with fibro I discovered this week is that symptoms of a low thyroid (many of which are exactly the same for Fibro) are worse in winter because if your thyroid is a bit on the slow side it has to work harder in winter to keep the body warm and running. I'v had my thyroid checked out and it appears to be on the slow end of normal. I have given up soy milk, yoghurt etc and my 2nd TSH was lower, soy apparantly can slow the thyroid down due to it acting like a hormone in the body. Also lots of gluten sensative people have a leaky gut and candida yeast overgrowth one sign of which is feeling worse in damp weather. So I am having a bit more testing done to see if any of these apply to me and will then sort out my diet accordingly as I am reacting to more than just gluten and diary, my whole body/diet is out of sync :) I have several books to read and results to come and another appointment at the end of the month.

D

Lollie Enthusiast
Lollie
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I know that I feel better on warm sunny days. I feel awful when it is cloudy and cold for too long a period of time. I had done some research into the corelation between sun light and depression. I know that when I feel really bad and sick to my stomache, I can almost garuntee I'm depressed too. I know that you can sit in the sun and it really helps with depression.

Lollie

DonnaD Apprentice
DonnaD
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I know that I feel better on warm sunny days. I feel awful when it is cloudy and cold for too long a period of time. I had done some research into the corelation between sun light and depression. I know that when I feel really bad and sick to my stomache, I can almost garuntee I'm depressed too. I know that you can sit in the sun and it really helps with depression.

Lollie

yes, there are multiple issues going on, lack of vit D in a low light climate, lack of light and seratonin production. I'm moving to a warmer sunny climate for this reason. My entire family have SAD symptoms in the winter. I even bought a 'SAD lamp' for my office (which had no windows).I want to live my life, not hibernate for 6 months of the year! I am currently reading 'Mastering Leptin' by byron j richards which has an interesting spin on food related issues.

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bluejeangirl Contributor
bluejeangirl
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I feel worse in the winter but I live in Wisconsin and the winters are cold and overcast and I'm in constant worry I'm going to get the flu. lol. I think I probably have SAD but never wanted to get those light boxes.

I don't see as many people in the winter,, my parents go down south to live, the roads are bad to travel, can't afford vacations...I could go on and on. At least I know by march when I feel like I must have cancer or something terminal its just that I've been in the house to long.

sillyyak Enthusiast
sillyyak
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I think so. I know that this whole winter was a wash because I have had many moments of not feeling well, stomach crampling, D, etc etc.

I also know that since my Dx I have been feeling worse! My symptoms are much more prominent now. Anyone have this?

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