Help with Migraine Diary?

In like a notebook put the date, then anything you eat or drink write in with that date. If you get a cluster headache, migraine, write down when and what time. When I did mine, I had it in meal segements like Breakfast: 10am granola bar, orange juice lunch2pm, soup, sandwhich, etc. migraine 3pm.. then i would look the next day and try to trigger it by drinking orange juice... if i didnt get a migraine t hat day next day i tried the granola bar, to try to trigger. and that is how you keep a diary and find triggers.

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Smurfy gave you good advice on the food trigger diary.

I maintain an excel spreadsheet to record my head pain; the columns I include are date, headache (Y/N); level (0 - 10 or 0 to 5 depending on your neurologist); when it started/duration; med(s) taken and quantity; and any notes you may want to include. I wrap the text on several of the columns..especially the notes.

I take this to every appointment as well as a sheet where I've compiled the data; since I report on the number of days that I've had a headache having a column that says Y/N makes it easy to count the days. I always have to report on the meds that I've taken and how much, so the quantity is important too. A section on the report asks for any new headache symptom or or pertinent information, so the note section helps a lot.

In the long run, this also helps spot trends and keeps a good drug diary of what works, what doesn't and any side effects that you need to remember.

Good luck,
Janice

I think they are all great ideas!

Thanks all!  I created a spreadsheet just after posting and it looks like what you all are doing is very close to what I came up with. Looks like I AM on track.

OMG, I'm so scared... I did not have my MRI yet so they are not 100% sure if this is the Acephalgic Migrane yet... they think it is... I don't know how I will be able to function never knowing when it is going to strike, and even if it's not a TIA how will I ever know down the road if I have an episode and it is a TIA or stroke, the symptoms are identical. I need somebody to help me because it's like I'm sitting here waiting for an episode. I'm very sad....