name / week: ________________headache diary
note medication and whether it helped. how often you reach for painkillers matters as much as the headaches themselves.
| date | start time | duration | severity 0-10 | possible triggers | medication taken | relief 0-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
free worksheet from rox · talktorox.com · not medical advice
the free pain tracker does the same job in your browser and works out the patterns for you. rox is the free ios app behind it: it remembers every entry, reads your apple watch, oura, garmin or amazfit, and builds a summary a doctor can read in a minute.
how to use it
A headache diary is the single most requested document in headache medicine, because frequency and medication use decide treatment far more than a description of the pain does.
Record how much medication you take and how often. Medication overuse headache is common, easy to miss, and only becomes visible when the doses are written down next to the attacks.
01
what should i record in a headache diary?
the date, when it started, how long it lasted, how severe it was, anything that might have triggered it, what medication you took and whether it helped. severity and duration alone are not enough to guide treatment.
02
how long should i keep a headache diary?
most clinics ask for one to three months before making decisions, because treatment depends on how many headache days you have per month rather than on any single attack.
03
can a headache diary help identify migraine triggers?
it can help, but be careful. many apparent triggers are actually early symptoms of an attack that has already begun, which is why patterns need repetition before you act on them.
free to use, print and share. rox is a tracking tool, not medical advice, and it cannot diagnose or treat anything.