Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines?

Posted by megadeer on Friday August 08, 2014 @11:23AM
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I need a easy way to keep track of migraines. Currently just using a text file but it's a bit unmanageable. Does anybody have any recommendations?

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by pzxc on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:43PM (#8153724)

There is a recent Show HN (not mine) that might be the solution you're looking for: http://www.statlogger.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by thomasmeagher on Friday August 08, 2014 @06:17PM (#8155366)

I would use Reporter app if you're on iOS. Here is a recent Ask HN thread: What apps or tools do you use to track things about your daily life? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8146114

It allows you to quickly fill out customized surveys (Your questions would be like: "Are you having a migraine right now?") and export the data in JSON or CSV formats.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by dzdt on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:45PM (#8153740)

Try "baby esp" smartphone app. Designed for parents to track newborn eat/sleep/poop habits; may require you to mentally reclassify "migraine" to "breast feeding" or some other supported category. But gives easy recording tools, data on a central server, accessible from multiple devices, graphing, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by amk_ on Saturday August 09, 2014 @04:15PM (#8157898)

https://ifttt.com/sms

Send a text message to an IFTT (If This, Then That) number with #migraine as the message body. Append the date and time as a new row to a Google Drive spreadsheet.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by chadkruse on Saturday August 09, 2014 @08:50PM (#8158477)

I've been using Lift (https://www.lift.do/), but you may find the UX a bit cluttered for your use case (they're primary a habit tracking app). Nice UI though.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by toomasb on Friday August 08, 2014 @01:47PM (#8154091)

I'm working on a habit tracker which might be useful to you (only Android though) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oristats.h...

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by skram on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:11PM (#8153512)

I think the key question is what is special (if anything) about tracking migraines versus any other event. Have you looked at the many generalized QS (quantified self) applications and SaaS?

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by groundhog on Friday August 08, 2014 @02:50PM (#8154438)

How about using http://peabrain.co/ ? One can update via SMS, and there's no need to download any apps.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by ShaneCurran on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:12PM (#8153517)

I guess you could move it up a notch and use a spreadsheet which would make graphing etc. much easier than a text file.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by megadeer on Friday August 08, 2014 @12:28PM (#8153639)

There needs to be an easy way to get the data into it though. lets say I have a migraine when out to dinner I can't really open a spreadsheet and edit it. Needs to allow me a easy way to add.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by 2northernmoose on Sunday August 10, 2014 @01:19PM (#8160157)

I use My Headache Log, an app for my Android phone. It is very comprehensive.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by samstave on Friday August 08, 2014 @03:44PM (#8154670)

I usually just keep track of them in my head.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anybody know of a great way to track migraines? by megadeer on Friday August 08, 2014 @03:47PM (#8154686)

That gets difficult when you have 10-12 a day but the next day have 2 or none

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