You may want to include some weather stats in that headache log: humidity on the given day, barometric pressure; and perhaps also general notes on what stress factors were in play at the time: is there a dental visit looming, a test, a performance event...that sort of stuff all plays a role.
I had fairly frequent headaches growing up, and it got to a place where my folks were concerned about migraines, but I can tell you from — now — years of experience, nearly all of them, and especially the worst of them that actually brought me to the point of made me nausea, were tied to muscular tension in the upper back and neck, and that was almost always brought on by stress or prior exertion.
Ranking second are the headaches arising from sinus inflammation. These are the ones that lay you out because it’s 94 degrees and 90% humidity outside, but 72 degrees and 60% humidity inside, and you’ve walked in and out of air-conditioned buildings several times, and your sinuses are getting repeatedly slammed with those drastic shifts in air temperature and humidity.
So, weather, stress — include it in the mix and see where the statistical correlation crops up.
Thanks, this is all very helpful. I’ll make up some “incident report” sheets and put them in a folder so I remember what to keep track of.
It happens I have a weather station display right here by me! We had mild weather the last couple of days, not much interior/exterior difference, but I’ll definitely try to keep track of stress factors. It would be helpful if she could do this herself, but keeping up routines and detailed reporting is not any of my children’s strong point.