This is a long story so I'll cut to the chase. I have lived in California only a few years and in that time, I had major surgery where doctors added a lot of metal to my body. I have made a long but miraculous recovery, and I am sincerely thankful for it. However, I have become convinced along with others around me that I have become sensitive to geomagnetic forces. At first, in the summer of 1998, I started with muscle spasms and pain every time Mammoth acted up. I didn't really know what or why it was happening. Time went along and I don't really think that anything in me changed, but rather we began to isolate when these things arose. The fall/winter of 1998 made me think that magnetism was part of it. Just this summer, I began to think that geomag was involved. In October a friend was visiting who is fascinated by astronomy and we found that I am affected by geomagnetic storms. It seems just prior to and a little after. Up to the Hector quake I was miserable and after also. But then I had ten days to two weeks that were great. Then, problems started. Over the past weekend and throughout this week, I felt as if I had the flu: vertigo (highly unusual) ear ringing, body aches, a very fuzzy brain, and sort of a feeling of motion sickness, not unlike morning sickness. Yesterday, magically, it was gone. I was suddenly at the top of my game, I handled complex, abstract problems, and presented and explained them easily, something that I couldn't have done for the enitire week before. then, about 9:30 PM at Borders, I started feeling bad again. I thought that I had overdone it. It was a rough night; I wike up with the headache from ---- in the middle of my forehead. One of the kids plopped a magnet in the middle of my forehead and it went away within ten minutes. I started feeling better around 11 AM but still achy. I know that this is long but I can't live like this. It doesn't seem to predict quakes or volcanos or anything useful. Is there a vitamin supplement that might work? Am I doing something wrong? I have a zillion kids, I teach half time and I am in grad school. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to keel over but I am healthy, just weirdly affected. My friend Frank said something about Charlotte King talking about "seismic flu" but I missed it. I would appreciate any input because this is not useful (that I can tell) and it's making me nuts! Thanks for a great place to share this and for all of you compassionate people! Beth