A Diary for your Migraines may turn the" Light Bulb" on

A diary is a simple, handy document you can fill in, and take to your doctor.

And that will help him understand the unique pattern of your migraine symptoms, and in turn choose the treatment that is best for you.

Then you can get your migraines to the point where you can start enjoying your life again. My wife's headache Doctors have recommended that she keep one.

Here's what you do concerning your Doctor.

When you go for your appointment, take your diary with you and ask what information you should record in your diary. Make him be specific on what he wants.

Take a pad, and write down what he says, because if your head is hurting, you may forget something. "Mine doesn't have to hurt for me to forget".

Be sure to enter the information as soon as you can after each migraine. Please don't forget to do this.

For instance, can you remember what you ate a couple of days ago? I can't, but you will have it down in your diary for your migraines, and can look at it in a instance. Before we go on, you may want to just download this diary to make the connection. Ask your doctor, he may even provide you with a diary for your migraines.

Although none have give my wife one, (a diary would not be to much with what it costs, what do you think)? Run this off because you may forget to take notes about what he wants you to put down.

Enter the following information in your diary as soon as you can after an attack, and be sure to bring the diary with you to the doctor.

#(1)The date of the attack

#(2)How much pain, and the symptoms that went with the migraine, such as, nausea, vomiting, light or sounds bothering you

#(3)Where was the exact location of your pain.

#(4)Did the attack disable you, in other words did you have to go to bed.

#(5)What kind of medicine did you take.

#(6)Did your medication help you.

#(7)If you had an aura, and what happened, and how long did this last.

#(8)And be sure to write down your pain level.

You know how some Doctors will keep copies of anything you give them for their files? When you print a copy of the diary for your migraines, print out several so you, and he/she will have one to.

(I once sent a page in a pill book in with my wife to show some side effect to her Doctor, and when she came out she said he kept it.) If you have never done this before, then try to keep track of other things in your life that may be triggering your migraines.

Such as how your sleep patterns are, did a storm come through before you got your migraine, or something upset you, and anything else that comes to mind. You cannot change mother nature, but it won't hurt to make a connection on this to.

Although migraines are built into the biology of the brain, you inherit a sensitivity to certain things you wouldn't believe, like noise, stress, certain foods, and even a storm front coming through.

With a diary for your migraines, you will soon see a pattern as to what conditions are triggering your migraines.

Many factors in life are hard on the toughest of people, but for a migraine sufferer a migraine trigger may send you to bed, or even worse, to the ER.

All the information you can find will be helpful in your migraine treatment.

Also, if your child needs a migraine diary, there are two great books to read.

We hope this page helpd about a diary for your migraines, and you can read more about a migraine diary on our next page.

All the best

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