A headache diary your neurologist can use
A free printable diary, calculators for medication days and MIDAS, and explanations of the criteria doctors use to read a diary.
- Headache
- Pain 7 or more
- Acute medicine
- Period
Tools
Printable headache diary
One month on two pages, A4 or US Letter. One row per day, with a month summary that counts headache days and medication days by type.
Medication days counter
Compares the days you took triptans, painkillers or other acute medicine with the ICHD-3 limits for medication-overuse headache.
MIDAS calculator
Five questions about days lost to headache in the last three months. The score many neurologists ask for.
Topics
Barometric pressure and migraine: what the studies show
What diary studies found about pressure changes and migraine, why they disagree, and how to test the link on your own records.
Menstrual migraine
The ICHD-3 window from day −2 to day +3, how to document it over several cycles, and the treatment options guidelines name.
Medication-overuse headache
The ICHD-3 limits of 10 and 15 medication days a month, how common overuse is, and what guidelines recommend.
On iPhone: Aurora
Aurora is the diary in app form, from the same author. It logs an attack in one tap from the widget or Apple Watch, records weather and pressure, counts medication days and prepares a PDF report for your neurologist. Records and calculations stay on your device.
