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This diary is designed for you to use at home to track your headaches. Recording details of your migraine attacks or headache can be useful. It can help:
- your doctor make a diagnosis
- you recognise triggers and warning signs
- assess whether your acute or preventive medication is working
- show any patterns to attacks.
No matter what you call it—headache journal, migraine diary, headache tracker—keeping track of your symptoms can be a versatile tool to help better manage migraine. This information can be gathered in multiple ways, from physical journals to smartphone apps to digital spreadsheets. There is no wrong way to record your migraine symptoms—simply find a way that works best for you and stick with it.
The longer you track your migraine, the more you will get out of your headache journal. Over time, patterns may begin to appear, helping you to understand your triggers, how medications affect you and more. One of the major benefits of tracking your migraine symptoms is that you will be able to share the information with your healthcare provider, helping to improve your treatment strategy.
Keeping a headache diary may help you understand what types of headaches you get and what treatment works best for you. You also may be able to find out what your headache triggers are, such as certain foods, stress, sleep problems, or physical activity. Take your headache diary to your doctor. Together you can look at your headache history and look for patterns to your headaches.
Our migraine journal can help you keep track of any patterns and triggers to show your healthcare physician to come up with the best treatment plan.
