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How
to keep a CH pain-level chart to show your doctor and
track if your meds are working.
Also a good tool for informing employers, friends and
others who may not understand the severity of this condition
and think it's "just a headache".
During my 2001 headache cycle I was feeling like nobody
would EVER believe how much time i was spending
huddled in a bathroom, closet or garage - waiting out
the pain, and dreading the next attack, I had the idea
of making a chart to track the daily time and intensity
of my cluster headaches.
I made a chart that is one month
long, broken into a grid of days and hours. In these blocks
you simply fill in the correct color for the pain level
you were at & the time of day. After a week or so
your particular cyclic timing and maybe even some of your
triggers will be more obvious with this reference chart.
Print it out, get some colored markers & Fill it in
each day ... from the very first sign of a cluster
cycle approaching and for 2 or 3 weeks after it's gone.
Save the charts to see the larger cycles in your cluster-pattern
and be able to plan accordingly. |
This
chart goes over a lot better with physicians than simply
saying "i tripped on magical shrooms and now i'm
A-Ok'
Here is a Blank Chart
for you to use. Save the PDF
document and print it out.
Ask your doctor or neurologist for any additional information
or symptoms that
you should keep notes on. Ready-to-print
PDF 'Acrobat' Version Download
It Here!
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EXAMPLE
CHART from my 2001 Cluster Headaches
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