| Once I started keeping a headache journal, my | | | | information. |
| headaches improved almost immeasurably. I want to | | | | If you take pain relievers for your headaches, then I |
| give you a few reasons why you should start | | | | can almost guarantee that you take more than you |
| keeping a headache journal as well. | | | | realize. Pain relievers are considered by many |
| It is not always easy to remember the severity and | | | | neurologists as the number one cause of headache |
| frequency of our headaches. How to do you | | | | pain. They refer to it as a rebound headache and |
| remember whether you had a mild or a moderate | | | | many believe that a rebound headache can occur |
| headache on a Tuesday. In addition, in order to | | | | from as few as 6 pain relievers a week. |
| properly monitor your headaches you will also need | | | | In case you believe that this is not a lot, then please |
| to remember what you ate for breakfast and even | | | | remember that it is only 2 pills, 3 times a week. This |
| whether or not you took any pain relievers the | | | | is easy to take, especially if you are not keeping |
| previous day. | | | | track. |
| These things are impossible to keep proper track of | | | | Finally, you will need to keep a headache journal |
| without a journal. | | | | because you will want to see positive results. If you |
| If you have not already seen a medical practitioner | | | | have identified a food or a faulty sleeping pattern |
| about your constant headaches, the first thing she is | | | | that is causing your headache, then you will want to |
| going to want to know is the frequency, severity, | | | | be able to look back at your journal and think, " that |
| and your use of pain relievers. It would be much | | | | is when my headaches started getting better. |
| easier for her to help you manage it with this | | | | |