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Just keep a food log, mood log, sleep log, stress log, barometric pressure log, air quality log, oxygen level log, altitude log, brightness log, screen-time log

Just keep a food log, mood log, sleep log, stress log, barometric pressure log, air quality log, oxygen level log, altitude log, brightness log, screen-time log, eye strain log, face-shoulder-neck tension log, spine pain log, head trauma log, and a blood pressure log. Then you can hook up all the data into a recurrent neural network that finds the patterns in the data and lets you know what combination of conditions will give you migraines. It's really easy to find all your migraine triggers if you follow these very basic steps.

ianai 8y ago
Should also probably log stool weight/color, mineral/vitamin intake across all foods, etc etc - just to make it even more clear that a person has no time to “just log everything” that could possibly play a role. And at the end, it would probably not explain a majority of the headaches - at least in my experience.
- orthecreedence 8y ago
  > it would probably not explain a majority of the headaches - at least in my experience This is my experience too. I know a good number of my migraine triggers, but some days I do everything right: I eat good food (regularly), plenty of sleep, no over-exertion, lots of water, breaks from screen time, no eye strain, etc etc...still get a fucking migraine! Sometimes there's just not a reason for it.
  - ianai 8y ago
    Yep and that list of things you did correct could go on for pages. It’s similar for how I treat my headaches. I don’t just take a triptan. I do the yoga stretch, maybe a cup of tea (full cup of coffee if I’m in 9/10 zone), some Gatorade, ginger powder, tumeric powder, heat on the traps, TENS unit on the traps/neck/temples, ice, etc and nothing. I’ve even fallen asleep while doing half of those in the crocodile position before. It worked that time, too.
moate 8y ago
You should also do weekly MRI's just to see if there's anything neurologically you might be able to notice/track. Also, might be helpful to just download your consciousness into a synthetic brain

ianai 8y ago

Should also probably log stool weight/color, mineral/vitamin intake across all foods, etc etc - just to make it even more clear that a person has no time to “just log everything” that could possibly play a role. And at the end, it would probably not explain a majority of the headaches - at least in my experience.

orthecreedence 8y ago
> it would probably not explain a majority of the headaches - at least in my experience This is my experience too. I know a good number of my migraine triggers, but some days I do everything right: I eat good food (regularly), plenty of sleep, no over-exertion, lots of water, breaks from screen time, no eye strain, etc etc...still get a fucking migraine! Sometimes there's just not a reason for it.
- ianai 8y ago
  Yep and that list of things you did correct could go on for pages. It’s similar for how I treat my headaches. I don’t just take a triptan. I do the yoga stretch, maybe a cup of tea (full cup of coffee if I’m in 9/10 zone), some Gatorade, ginger powder, tumeric powder, heat on the traps, TENS unit on the traps/neck/temples, ice, etc and nothing. I’ve even fallen asleep while doing half of those in the crocodile position before. It worked that time, too.

moate 8y ago

You should also do weekly MRI's just to see if there's anything neurologically you might be able to notice/track. Also, might be helpful to just download your consciousness into a synthetic brain