Every body is different. The number that counts as a lot of caffeine for one person may be a normal Saturday morning for another. MigraineMe ships with sensible default numbers, and you can change them per trigger.
This article walks you through it slowly.
What you can adjust
Most auto-triggers that look at a measurable thing (sleep hours, caffeine in milligrams, blood pressure, etc.) have a threshold: the line MigraineMe uses to decide whether something is high or low for you.
The trigger shows its threshold in plain words: "Fires above" with a number and unit for high-direction triggers, and "Fires below" for low-direction triggers.
Some triggers do not have a threshold (manual triggers such as Anger or Travel). Those do not show a Fires above/below line.
On iPhone and Android
The steps are the same on both phones.
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen.
- Tap Manage Items.
- Tap Triggers. Your trigger pool opens.
- Find the trigger you want to change. It is grouped by category (Body, Cognitive, Diet, Environment, Menstrual Cycle, Physical or Sleep), or use the search box at the top.
- Tap the row to expand it. Make sure the Auto-detect switch inside is on. The "Fires above/below" line only shows for triggers with auto-detect on.
- Tap the number next to "Fires above" or "Fires below". The keyboard pops up.
- Type the new number. You can use a decimal point if you want a half-hour, for example 7.5. Some triggers let you pick the unit next to the number (for example hours), and the noise triggers use simple bands (Quiet, Moderate, Loud, Very loud) instead of a number.
- Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap the purple Save & Recalculate button. Your changes are applied and your risk score is recomputed.
If you try to leave without tapping Save & Recalculate, the app shows an "Unsaved Changes" warning. Choose Keep Editing to go back and save, or Discard to throw the changes away.
Recovery if Save & Recalculate fails
- Check your internet connection.
- Tap Save & Recalculate again.
- Close the screen and reopen it. Your last successful save is still in place; only the pending edit is lost.
When the change applies
The recalculation begins the moment you tap Save & Recalculate. The last 7 days are checked again with the new threshold straight away, and the hourly check uses it from then on.
