On a large desktop calendar, chart the following:
- Menses: number of days (i.e. 1-5)
- Severity: 1 thru 10, 10 being most severe
- Time of day headache developed, and duration: (i.e. 8am, 4pm)
- Food: most recent meal, beverage or snacks before the onset of the headache
- Anxiety/stress level: a good or disturbed night’s sleep
- Quality of sleep the night before:
- Weather changes: yes or leave blank
- Illness: yes with diagnosis or leave blank
- Medications: “out of the ordinary”