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Lifestyle changes
that actually help

raise your threshold, one habit at a time

Everyone with migraine has been told to sleep more, stress less and drink water. MigraineMe replaces the lecture with your own data: which habits actually show up on your migraine-free days, what drives them, and whether the change you made last month is showing up as a result.

why habits?

Exercising 40 minutes three times a week reduced attacks about as much as topiramate did in the same randomised trial.

Varkey et al., Cephalalgia 2011

What strengthens you

The positive side of your data. The habits and steady health signals that show up on the days you stay migraine-free: consistent sleep, calm stress, steady caffeine, trigger-free eating days. Consistency is the point, staying near your own normal, not hitting anyone else's targets. Nothing in this card warns or judges; it only shows what is already working so you can keep doing it.

What drives it

The things that make those habits happen: an active day leading to steadier recovery, alcohol-free days leading to steadier sleep, yoga leading to calmer stress. Everything here is measured against your own data, and if the card is quiet it just needs more days, not different behaviour.

Treatments, research and people who have been there

Started a treatment? See how it is going from your own logs before you decide whether to keep it. Keep up with the research through articles and papers in the app, matched to what you track. And the community has a pinned place for members to share the treatments, habits and lifestyle changes that made a real difference for them.

Where it lives in the app

Insights → What Strengthens You. Each habit is listed with the share of your migraine-free days it shows up on, and What Drives It sits underneath, pairing an action with the steadier signal that tends to follow it and how often that held.

What it needs from you

Enough logged days for a migraine-free stretch to mean something, and nothing to set up. This layer only reports what is already in your data: if a line is missing, it needs more days rather than a different answer from you.

Questions

Does the app tell me what to change?

AI Recommendations does, with the evidence. The lifestyle layer is the other side: it shows what is already working so you keep doing it.

Is any of this medical advice?

No. Everything is measured against your own history and is meant to be discussed with your neurologist.

What is raising your threshold?

The idea that a migraine hits when enough triggers stack up past your personal threshold. Habits that keep you steady raise that threshold, so the same triggers stack up less often.

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