There’s a storm coming and I’m feeling like a zombie, shuffling on my feet with little signs of (intelligent) life - if you’re a fan of 'The Walking Dead', like me, you’ll get the picture.
Complaining about the weather seems very lame to me and the sign of a really weak person - come on, it’s just a little rain…
It is not the rain that’s bothering me, but the hours before it. Weather sensitivity affects people in many ways - like old people complaining they can feel the bad weather in their bones. Fortunately, I’m not there yet. But being a person with a normally low pressure my levels of energy drop spectacularly with a changing weather.
Just as its name implies, our blood moves through our bodies using a pressure system created by the heart. So it makes sense that this pressure would be affected by the pressure in the air around us. According to biometeorologist Jennifer Vanos, Ph.D., when the barometric pressure drops, so does your blood pressure. For some, this might mean a feeling of dizziness or even blurred vision.
When your normal BP is something like 10/5, a weather-infuenced drop feels like having half of your head go numb. If it would be socially acceptable I’d crawl into bed. I could even pretend to read, although that’s quite out of the question.
Doing a bit of research on the topic, I stumbled upon some medical recommendations. ‘Avoid drinking coffee’. Are you kidding me?
I would like to hear from you on the subject. Hint: Tell me I’m not alone in feeling so drained!
