Migraines: Identifying and avoiding triggers

Where to go from here

Now that you have read this information, you are ready to start identifying and avoiding migraine triggers.

Talk with your doctor

If you have questions about this information, take it with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to use a highlighter to mark areas or make notes in the margins of pages where you have questions.

Take your headache diary with you when you visit your doctor. Be sure to let your doctor know if you are noticing changes in your symptoms.

Talk with your doctor about what might be triggers for you. Discuss ways you can avoid those triggers.

If you would like more information that may help you to identify and avoid headache triggers, the following resources are available:

Online Resource

Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS)
Web Address:	www.midas-migraine.net
The Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Web site provides patients and health professionals with educational materials on how MIDAS and disability assessment are helping to improve migraine management. The site also includes recipes designed especially for migraine sufferers.

Organization

National Headache Foundation (NHF)
820 North Orleans
Suite 217
Chicago, IL  60610
Phone:	1-888-643-5552
E-mail:	info@headaches.org
Web Address:	http://www.headaches.org
The National Headache Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to three major goals: educating the public that headaches are serious disorders and sufferers need understanding and continuity of care; promoting research into potential headache causes and treatments; and serving as an information resource to sufferers, their families, and doctors who treat them. The NHF can provide lists of local doctors specializing in headache treatment. It also has a monthly newsletter and many pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the different headache syndromes.

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Author:	Monica Rhodes	Last Updated: July 3, 2007
Medical Review:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology
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