Adding, renaming and removing custom triggers

Triggers are the things you suspect might bring on a migraine for you. Wine, bright sun, missing breakfast, a noisy room. MigraineMe comes with a long list ready to go, but you can add your own, change names you do not like, and remove ones that do not apply to you.

Nothing here will delete past migraines. You are only changing the pool of triggers the app offers you when you log a new one.

These steps are the same on iPhone and Android.

Opening Manage Items

1. Open MigraineMe.
2. Tap the gear icon in the top-left of the screen. A drawer slides in from the left.
3. Tap Manage Items.
4. You will see a list of pools: Migraines, Triggers, Medicines, Reliefs, Prodromes, Locations, Activities, Missed Activities, and a few more.
5. Tap Triggers. The triggers list opens.

Your triggers are grouped under category headers (Body, Cognitive, Diet, Environment, Menstrual Cycle, Physical, Sleep). Tap a header to open or close that group. There is also a search box if the list feels long.

Adding a new trigger

1. At the top of the Pool card, tap the small + icon.
2. A small window opens.
3. In the Name field, type the name of your trigger. Keep it short, for example "Red wine" or "Loud restaurant".
4. Under Category, tap the dropdown and pick which category this trigger belongs to.
5. Tap Add at the bottom.
6. The window closes and your new trigger appears under that category.

If the Add button is faded, it means the Name field is still empty. Type something and it will light up.

Renaming a trigger

The app does not let you edit a trigger's name directly. To "rename" one, you remove the old one and add a new one with the name you want.

1. Add the new trigger using the steps above.
2. Remove the old one using the steps below.

Any past migraines that already had the old trigger attached will keep it. They will not disappear.

Removing a trigger

1. Find the trigger you want to remove in the list (open its category header if it is closed).
2. On the right of its row, there is a small trash icon.
3. Tap the trash icon.
4. A small box asks Remove "…"? and reminds you that past logged entries won't be affected.
5. Tap Delete to confirm, or Cancel if you change your mind.

It will not be offered to you the next time you log a migraine. Past migraines that used this trigger are not changed.

One honest note: a few built-in triggers are locked and simply have no trash icon. Those are part of how the app's automatic tracking works and cannot be removed. Everything you added yourself can always go.

If you remove the wrong one

1. Do not worry. Tap the + button.
2. Type the same name again as you had before.
3. Tap Add. It is back in your list.

Coming back later

You can come back to this screen as often as you like. Most people add a few personal triggers in the first few weeks, then leave it alone. There is no "right" number of triggers to track.