Reliefs are the things that help when a migraine has started. A cold cloth on the forehead, a dark room, a strong cup of tea, a short nap. MigraineMe ships with a sensible list of common reliefs, but everyone is different. You can add your own, and take away any you never use.
You are not changing your past migraine entries. You are only changing the pool of reliefs the app offers you when you log a new one.
These steps are the same on iPhone and Android.
Opening Manage Items
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen. A drawer slides in from the left.
- Tap Manage Items.
- You will see a list of pools. Tap Reliefs.
- The reliefs list opens. The icon is a small green leaf.
Your reliefs are grouped under category headers (Breathing, Cold/Heat, Darkness, Device, Hydration, Massage, Meditation, Movement, Rest, Supplement, Other). Tap a header to open or close that group. There is also a search box.
Adding a new relief
- At the top of the Pool card, tap the small + icon.
- A small window opens.
- In the Name field, type the name of your relief. For example "Cold cloth" or "Quiet bedroom".
- Under Category, tap the dropdown and pick which category this relief belongs to.
- Tap Add at the bottom.
- The window closes and your new relief appears under that category.
If the Add button looks faded, it is waiting for you to type a name.
Renaming a relief
The app does not let you edit a relief's name directly. To "rename" one, you remove the old name and add a new one in its place.
- Add the new relief using the steps above.
- Remove the old one using the steps below.
Past migraines that already had the old relief attached will keep it. Nothing in your history is touched.
Removing a relief
- Find the relief you want to remove in the list (open its category header if it is closed).
- On the right of its row, there is a small trash icon.
- Tap the trash icon.
- A small box asks Remove "…"? and reminds you that past logged entries won't be affected.
- Tap Delete to confirm.
It will no longer appear as a choice when you log your next migraine. A few built-in items are locked and have no trash icon; those stay.
If you remove the wrong one
- Do not worry. Tap the + button.
- Type the same name again.
- Tap Add. It is back.
A gentle tip
Some people prefer to keep their relief list very short and very personal, with only the three or four things that actually work for them. Others prefer a long list so they can try different combinations. Both ways are fine. The app does not judge.
