What Happened (also referred to as "Pattern Analysis" on the premium lock screen) is a premium feature in the Insights tab. It looks at your data and shows the patterns that line up with your migraines: single factors, combinations of factors, and the symptoms that tend to follow each trigger.
For many people, a single trigger does not cause a migraine. But two together, like stress and a skipped meal, do. This screen is built to find those pairs.
Where to find it
- Open MigraineMe.
- Tap the Insights tab.
- Scroll down until you see the What Happened card.
- If you are on the free plan, the card is locked behind an "Unlock Pattern Analysis" premium gate.
- If you have premium, tap the card for the full ranked list.
What you will see
The findings come in three layers:
- Patterns — the single triggers, prodromes and daily metrics (sleep, weather, HRV and so on) that show up most around your attacks.
- Combinations — pairs of factors that look risky together even if each one is not a big deal alone. For example, short sleep on its own might be fine, but short sleep on a stressful day stacks up.
- Trigger → Symptom — given a trigger you hit, which symptoms tend to follow, shown as "X% with it vs Y% without".
The numbers on each finding
Each finding carries one of two kinds of number:
- "About X times as likely." How much more often this factor appears around your attacks compared with your normal days. This is the stronger read, and the app only shows it for things it can fairly compare day to day.
- "In X of your attacks." For things you only flag now and then, the app simply shows how often the factor turned up in your attacks. It tells you what your attacks have in common, not that the factor raises your risk.
Small dots next to each finding show how sure the app is: the more data behind a finding, the more dots. Weak links that do not pass the statistical check are hidden rather than shown, so what you see has real evidence behind it.
Why combinations matter
One thing on its own is not always a problem. For example, skipping lunch might not give you a migraine. Being stressed might not either. But the two together might. Pattern Analysis exists exactly to find those quiet pairs that you would never spot on your own.
How to use what you find
- Read the top combination on the screen. That is the strongest pattern the app has found in your data.
- Ask yourself if it sounds true to you. Often it will feel familiar, even if you never put it into words before.
- Try, for one week, to break the combination. For example, if the pair is stress + skipped meal, make sure you have lunch on the stressful days. See if your migraine frequency changes.
- Come back after a few weeks and see if the combination has weakened.
You do not have to do this. The screen is also useful just to read and understand yourself a little better.
If the screen says there are no patterns yet
Patterns need more data than the other screens, because the app refuses to show links it cannot back up.
- Keep logging your migraines, triggers, sleep and other context. The more consistently you log, the more the app can fairly compare.
- If the screen looks empty, give it a few more weeks of logging.
If a pattern looks wrong
Sometimes a pattern shows up that does not feel right to you. That is fine.
- Patterns are not certainties. They are clues, not causes.
- Trust your own sense of yourself.
- You can ignore any pattern that does not match how you feel.
Showing patterns to your doctor
The top patterns also feed into the Full Report PDF. If you want to discuss them with a doctor, generate a PDF from the Full Report and the strongest findings will appear in it.
