How to log where you were

Where you were can matter. A noisy office, a smoky room, a hot car, or a long flight can all play a part. Logging the location of an attack helps you and the app spot patterns over time.

Location is not one of the Quick Log cards. You record it inside the full migraine log. Do not worry: the wizard is a step-by-step journey and you can skip anything that does not apply.

Same on iPhone and Android

1. Open the app.
2. Tap the Log tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the big purple Log Migraine card at the top.
4. The wizard opens on the first step, Timing. There are 14 steps in all, and every one can be skipped.

If you do not see the Log Migraine card, make sure you are on the Log tab (the starburst icon at the bottom) and not the Home tab.

Getting to the Locations step

1. Step through the wizard by tapping Next at the bottom of each screen (or the Skip link near the top).
2. The ninth step is titled Where were you?, with the title Locations on the list. It comes after Reliefs and before Activities.
3. If you want to skip everything in between, just tap Next or Skip on each step without choosing anything. You can fill in the earlier steps later by editing the entry from the Journal tab.

Picking a location

1. Your Frequent (starred) locations are shown first, then the rest of your saved locations.
2. Tap the location that matches where you were. It is added to your selection, and a count shows "1 location added", "2 locations added", and so on.
3. You can tap more than one. For example "Home" and "Bedroom".
4. To unpick a location, tap its Remove. You can also adjust the time on each one.

If your location is not in the list

1. On the Locations step, tap the small Manage → link next to the list title.
2. A management screen opens. Use the + button to add a new location. Type a name, for example "My garden" or "Train".
3. Go back, and the new location now appears in the list. Tap it to pick it.

Finishing the migraine log

1. After the Locations step, tap Next to continue.
2. Carry on through the remaining steps (Activities, Postdromes, Missed Activities, Notes).
3. The last step is Review Log. Read through your entries.
4. Tap the purple Save Log button at the bottom. The wizard closes.

Logging just a location, without a full migraine

1. The Quick Log section does not include a Location card.
2. The simplest way is to write where you were in the Notes field of a Trigger, Medicine or Relief quick log.
3. To add a location to a migraine you have already saved, open the Journal tab, tap + Add on the migraine's card and choose Location.
4. For a proper location entry with a new attack, use the full migraine log as above. You can leave every other step blank if you like.

What happens after I save?

1. The location appears in your Journal tab, linked to the migraine you logged.
2. Over time, the Insights tab will show which places come up most often around your attacks.

If the head diagram is in the way

The head diagram lives on the Pain step (the fourth step), not in the Locations step. If you have arrived at a screen with a drawing of a head and dots, you are not yet at the Locations step. Tap Next to keep moving forwards.