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List Of Helpful Migraine Cell Phone Apps. 2023

Living well with migraine takes organization for migraine patients.  They should do the migraine lifestyle so that they eat well, relax, exercise, deal with stress, and get a good night’s sleep.  All these factors are be very important and should be done.

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Another important issue is to track the occurrence of migraine headaches, when they come and to list what drugs worked and exactly the headaches were like and what you took. You can learn from this experience and then you can take the information to your Neurologist on your next visit.

Other factors to keep track of would be:

Time of onset of headache

Time treatment was given

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The outcome of treatment

Time retreatment was given if necessary

Patients can plot life issues—menstruation, weather change, stress, missed meals, occurrence at night or a “wake up headache.”

Plot the side of the head involved

Pain scale on 1-10

Associated features, nausea, drowsiness with medication, light or sound sensitivity.

List of drugs taken for the migraine.

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Tracking all this data would take a lot of time and calculation and in the old days migraine patients would write this data on a simple piece of paper or a paper calendar. But now migraine patients can use their handy headache cellphone app:

MIGRAINE APP ON YOUR CELL PHONE

I’m pretty sure your doctor would appreciate this information.  I always study any information a patient can give me about their headaches during their office visit.

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So, to help with this I have collected a list of migraine apps and information about them.

This is an article by Britt Talley Daniel MD, member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Headache Society, migraine textbook author, podcaster, YouTube video producer, and blogger.

List of Helpful Migraine Apps

iHeadache

iPhone rating: ★★★✩✩

Price: Free

When are your headaches most common? What’re you doing that could be exacerbating your migraine symptoms? Do your sleep or dietary patterns affect your migraine? iHeadache may be able to help you answer all of these questions by giving you feedback according to your symptom tracking. Input your symptoms, severity, duration, medications, and other details to help spot and remedy potential triggers.

Migraine Buddy

iPhone rating: ★★★★★

Android rating: 4.7 stars

Price: Free

The makers of Migraine Buddy say the app is more than just a headache journal: It helps people identify the things that could be worsening or increasing the frequency of their symptoms. A questionnaire walks users through all of the important details of each logged entry. You can even find friends within the app to share your messages and symptoms with.

This advanced migraine diary and tracking app was designed with the help of neurologists and data scientists to help you quickly record and identify all aspects of a migraine attack. Learn about triggers, symptoms, frequency, duration, pain intensity, location, and lifestyle factors specific to your attacks so you can improve

Curelator Headache

iPhone rating: ★★★★✩

Price: Free

Tracking your migraine symptoms should be simple and effective. This app from Curelator manages to deliver both features in a clean interface. The app walks you through a few questions to help track your symptoms and identify patterns. We love that they even include weather details in an attempt to pinpoint anything that could be worsening your symptoms or increasing the likelihood of a migraine.

Migraine Diary

Android rating: ★★★★✩

Price: Free

If you just want a simple way to track your migraine symptoms and triggers, this free Migraine Diary may be right for you. It offers many of the features of non-free apps, but in an effective yet frills-free format. Unlike many free apps, this one promises no advertisements.

Migraine eDiary

iPhone rating: ★★★✩✩

Price:  Free

Input your symptoms and Migraine eDiary turns that information into color-coded reports you can show your doctor. Track your symptoms, triggers, and medications with this app. View your history over a specific time period. You can filter the data and then send it out via email, too.

Headache Log

Android rating: ★★★★★

Price: Free with in-app purchases

Track your migraines, headaches, and more with this free app. You can view how many days you’ve been migraine-free and even input information that can help determine why. Add details like your pain intensity, location, duration, what you did to alleviate the pain, and how well that worked. Then, you can view what you’ve added in a calendar or in customizable reports and graphs.

Migraine Insight

iPhone rating: 4.8 stars

Android rating: 4.3 stars

Price: Free

Plug in information about your migraine attacks and the advanced intelligence analysis in Migraine Insight will help you identify triggers, combination triggers, or patterns that are correlating with your attacks. Clear, easy reports help you and your doctor work together to reduce or even eliminate your migraine.

Migraine Monitor

iPhone rating: 4.8 stars

Android rating: 4.3 stars

Price: Free

This intuitive attack monitoring app has a clean interface and enhanced reporting that lets you track all aspects of your migraine. Access support from both your doctor and from the anonymous community of fellow users who also live with the chronic condition. Daily tips and insights also help you get your migraine under control.

Good luck to you, migraineurs.  Pick one of these apps and come up to the modern way to track migraine.

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All the best.

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Britt Talley Daniel MD

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