Migraine headache journals can often help sufferers of migraine headaches find and eliminate triggers or combinations of triggers that are causing their migraines. A trigger is any factor that causes a migraine attack. Common migraine triggers are cured meats such as hot dogs, ham, and bacon, caffeine, humid weather conditions, stress, and many others. Once a trigger is discovered it can be avoided or minimized, thus reducing the amount or severity of migraine attacks. This all sounds great, doesn't it?
The problem with migraine headache diaries happens if the migraine sufferer has attacks that are too often or too long in duration. If a person experiences an attack just once every week or every month it is definitely possible to find and eliminate these triggers. However, if the attacks occur several times a week or last for several days at a time, a diary or journal may not help find the triggers.
One of the first things a doctor may tell you is to keep a headache journal. However, this is bad advice for those suffering with frequent headaches. If you're one of those who experiences migraine attacks often, you may not want to take the advice of those who will tell you to keep a diary. This is bad advice.
Let's say you suffer with headaches three times a week. One week you experience migraines on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday and they each last half a day. If you're keeping a diary you will be looking for potential triggers that occurred anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of days before each headache. So the trigger for Monday's headache could have happened on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. The trigger for Wednesday's headache could have happened on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. And the final attack could have been caused from a trigger on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
Can you see where the problem lies? Your trigger or combinations of triggers could have occurred on any day. It will be just about impossible to find a trigger, especially considering the fact that you probably ate different foods on different days and were involved in different activities on different days. The bottom line is that everything you ate or did or came into contact with could have caused a migraine attack.
The only way triggers can be found is if you can, over time, narrow down the possible offenders. However, this is nearly impossible when someone experiences constant attacks. Using a migraine headache diary can be great for people suffering intermittent headaches, but hard to decipher for people experiencing these painful disorders much more often.
Fortunately, there are other ways to skin a cat. Even if you can't find the triggers there are still many natural treatment options that can help you relieve or eliminate your migraines.
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By Josh A Harding
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