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sinuses and barometric pressure/change in weather

Can the weather effect your balance and the feeling of pressure in your sinuses and in your head and ears ?  
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Yup, the weather changing definitely causes it for me. Usually when it goes from sunny to rainy and vice versa... When there's a big change. Last week I woke up in the morning and everything was spinning. It felt like my bed was rolling, awful vertigo. I sat up and it went away after a while. Still felt spacy and pressure all day, but no vertigo. I realized it had rained that night after months of sunny warm weather, so that was likely the cause. I can feel pressure behind my eyes and am slightly off balance still, and it's been a week now. I use a net pot, run a humidifier at night (room seems too dry), and tried a decongestant. Still, every time I lay down and turn to the right, I'm getting vertigo. It makes it hard to sleep! I keep rolling to my left accidentally and waking with a jolt as the world spins. Awful. I'm trying to sleep propped up with pillows, but it's not working well. I hope it fades soon! I haven't
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Hey i have this same thing. I've been do doctors and have had blood tests and other tests done and nothing. What have you found out? anything?
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I have been dealing with Vertigo off and on now for 6 months. I have notice or have learned my body signals in regards to this condition. I get the vertigo symptoms when the clouds are are high numbers and the barometric pressure is going up right up to when it just pours and then it subsides and goes away. Don't panic people its probably something your body is starting to   react to in response to things like medications, medication withdrawls, depression, anxieties, diet and lack of sleep. I realized its something that could be around with me for a long time or rest of my life randomly. Its just how your body and mind responds to daily life pressures. Learn to chill out and not dwell on the condition, eat healthy, get enough sleep (this one is very important because I noticed when I burn the candle at both ends the vertigo problems pop up) Take care of your mind, body, and soul and I promise the episodes of vertigo will be far less or non existent. This vertigo condition tends to affect older people rather than the younger people. I'm 50 this past June oh well such is life.

Just don't let it consume you and focus on having a happy life, good diet if you can, quality sleep, and take allergy meds when the clouds and pollen come around. Good luck and God bless everybody.
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Thank you!! I am dealing with the same symptoms and it truly affects my quality of life.
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I got this problem too! My family said in the beginning when it was dark wheater: "well, everybody got bad days". But I can prove it 100% now because the equation: bad weather or changes = pressure in "frontal sinus", happens all the time, and hate it.
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today the weather was especially humid and i felt head pressure and dizziness that made me walk like a drunk. again, not true vertigo, more like the feeling you get in a head rush but without the wooziness, everything just looks kinda spacy and unstable. also i got this weird sensation like i was on an elevator going up and down quickly or on a boat in choppy water. it was like the floor beneath me would give out then suddenly jolt upward as i walked. i had to sit down it got so bad. is anyone familiar with that?
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I have always had some of the pressure with head aches but I wanted to sympathise withLandoman as I am struggling with Allergys and Hives and have found the same lack of Knowledge and caring from any Medical Doctors in my area , and on reading many posts it is very prevelant, actually for me it is even worse I have had several misdiagnoses that have been scary, I am going the Natural Route for anything I get wrong now including research online and I feel better,for it.
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