Once you have finished the timing and the description, the wizard walks you through eleven more screens. Each one is short. Each one is optional. You can skip any of them by tapping Next without choosing anything. This article tells you, in plain words, what each screen is asking for.
These steps are the same on iPhone and Android.
How the screens work
Every one of these screens looks similar:
- A title at the top with a small picture icon.
- A list of choices below.
- Tap any choice to select it. Tap again (or tap its Remove) to unpick it.
- Tap the purple Next button at the bottom right to move on.
- Tap Back at the bottom left to go back a step.
Your favourites (things you have starred) show up first under Frequent, then the rest. Most screens also have a Manage → link, which opens a list where you can add your own items or star favourites.
Step 3: Symptoms
This is for the feeling of the migraine. Things like: pounding, throbbing, pressure, sharp, dull. And things that came along with the pain: feeling sick (nausea), sensitive to bright light, sensitive to sound, blurry vision. Tap every word that fits how you felt. When you tap a symptom, a small sheet may ask How bad was it?. Pick a level or skip the rating. Tapping Aura opens a short sheet where you can mark where in your vision it appeared and how long it lasted.
Step 4: Pain
This screen is built around pain entries. The first card, "Pain at attack start", has two parts:
- At the top, a slider from 1 to 10. Slide it with your finger. The left end is No pain. The right end is Severe. Pick the number that felt right.
- Below the slider is a small picture of a head. Tap the dots where it hurt: forehead, temple, behind the eye, back of the head, neck, and so on. You can tap as many as you want, and flip between Front and Back views.
If the pain moved or peaked later, tap + Add pain entry to add a second card with its own time, severity and head map.
Step 5: Prodromes
The early warning signs you noticed before the attack started. Yawning a lot, feeling unusually tired, craving sweet food, neck stiffness, mood changes, and so on. Tap anything that fits.
Step 6: Triggers
The things you think may have set the attack off. Skipped meals, bright light, loud noise, strong smells, stress, alcohol, a particular food. Tap anything that fits.
Step 7: Medicines
The medicines you took for this attack (painkillers, triptans, anti-nausea tablets, anything else). For each one you can also note the amount (a number; the unit is set per medicine), when you took it, how much relief it gave, and any side effects.
Step 8: Reliefs
Non-drug things that helped (or that you tried). Lying down in a dark room, a cold compress, a hot shower, fresh air, sleep. For each one you can set when you started, how long it lasted, and how much it helped.
Step 9: Locations
Where you were when the attack happened. Home, work, outside, in a car, on a plane, in a noisy place.
Step 10: Activities
What you were doing. Working at a screen, exercising, driving, watching TV, in a meeting, sleeping.
Step 11: Postdromes
The recovery symptoms that lingered after the pain part eased off. Brain fog, low energy, a heavy feeling in the head, mild residual ache. Tap anything that fits. These get linked to the migraine so the app can learn what your typical recovery looks like.
Step 12: Missed activities
The things you could not do because of the attack: work, exercise, a planned event, looking after kids. Tap anything that applies. This is useful for showing your doctor the real-life impact of your migraines.
Step 13: Notes
A free text box at the end for anything that does not fit the categories above. Type or use the Voice button. It is the easiest place to add the little details you might want to remember.
Next
After Notes comes the Review screen, where you can check everything and save. That one has its own help article.
