Can high blood pressure/heart condition be drastically affected by weather?

Cold weather may increase blood pressure

Well, blood pressure is at the effect of the brain, and the brain and body react to the weather, so I’d imagine so, for some people.

I had been wound so tight for two days that I could barely sleep more than a couple hours at a stretch. Fast, pounding heart rate.
It rained and I felt better, then dozed off for a bit and woke up feeling great, calmed.

@ibstubro: Maybe you have anxiety.

Yeah, I’m sure that I do, @jca. But I don’t know why the rain breaking would end it.

Yes barometric pressure seems to be behind many ails.

Really, @ZEPHYRA?
Can you source that? I’ll go do a little research, myself.

Biometeorology

Under Pressure
Bruce Dan, MD, PBS.org’s HealthWeek

Whether you’re taking a test or writing an essay, sometimes the mental pressure can be pretty intense. But a new study in the International Journal of Biometeorology shows another kind of pressure may play a role in how well you do: atmospheric pressure.

Scientists asked 12 volunteers to perform several mental exercises…from proofreading to memorization, while researchers varied the barometric pressure in the room. Small, controlled changes in pressure made the alert volunteers perform better, and the sleepy subjects perform worse. But, when the researchers varied the pressure randomly, like the conditions during stormy weather, all the subjects experienced concentration lapses.

No one is sure why, but it’s thought that such changes in air pressure may cause changes in blood pressure, affecting brain activity.