When rating the headache pain score 1 means that your headache has had no real impact on your ability to carry out a normal day, while 10 represents an attack so debilitating that you were unable to go about your business as normal at all – perhaps you were confined to bed etc. It is not necessary to write down preventative medications. You can apply the same principle to all of the information and come up with a system that works for you. ‘N’ could represent ‘Nausea’ and ‘L’ could represent ‘Sensitivity to Light’.Under ‘Medication’, don’t forget to include ALL medication that you have taken, including aspirin, paracetamol etc.Īgain, abbreviate the name of the drug for simplicity – ‘P’ for paracetamol for example. Under the heading of ‘Symptoms’, you could use ‘V’ for ‘Visual distortions’ or ‘V30’ for ‘Visual Distortions lasting 30 minutes’. When you get an attack, find the corresponding date and fill in the row across as fully as you can.Because there is not much room here, we suggest that you use a abbreviations to record the attacks. Start by filling in the month on top of the page. We suggest that you save the migraine diary file on your computer or print out enough now.

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