View and amend menstrual cycle#150

I have the paid for app and always record whether I am menstruating when I record a migraine. However, I can’t find any way of simply viewing my menstrual cycle against my migraines. Instead I have to go into each record to review my cycle. It would be great if there was a button that simple read, view where you are on your cycle, where you could view past and predict likely future migraines.

adding options for perimenopausal period would be good too. still have hormonal changes that can effect migraine

There used to be a field where I could record my cycle. I turned it off because I had stopped but it has restarted and I can’t figure out how to turn it back on.

Hi everyone 🤗

@Lucy Hegarty when you print your migraine listing report (tap on the side menu of the app, then tap export report) you will see for each of your attack on what specific day of your cycle your attack happened.
Do you use this information mostly for you or for your doctor?
What kind of visualisation would be easier for you?

@Suzzy Davis you could add a new trigger on your trigger screen and call it “perimenopausal period”. Would that be enough for what you intend to do with this information?

To activate back the menstruation field, go to your summary screen (last screen when you record an attack), scroll all the way down, tap on the button called “more parameters” and then turn on the toggle button called “menstruation”

Wishing you all a migraine-free day, with Love 💕
Jenny

Hi Jenny, thanks for reviewing my suggestion. I use the app for myself and my doctor but knowing more about my menstual cycle wou;d help me a lot. It would be great when looking at the calendar visual for my migraines it could also indicate whether I was also on my period. This would need to be amendable in case the full information had not been recorded with a migraine. That way I would be better able to see if my migraines were linked to my cycle, and particularly in perimenopause whether changes in cycles are having an impact on migraine. Where cycles are regular it would also be useful if it could predict future period days so that I can prepare for potential migraines or arrange plans accordingly.

I would also like a way to track my period in the app, and ideally have it show me the days where my hormones are fluctuating.

I can see % migraines which are pre- menstrual, but this is not defined. I’m guessing it assumes a regular cycle, which mine isn’t, so it’s possibly not accurate. I can manually log as a trigger, but unfortunately this poses its own challenge as I never quite know when this applies until after the fact.

Hi. I’m using the app since only 2 months. I find it really good and helpful. I would like tho indeed to be able to track my menstrual cicle as well, as my migraine is hormonal based. As of now i can see my menstrual cicle in the health section at Past Events, but whenever i am recording other days is just editing that single one. Also it’s missing from the colored calendar too. It could have a different colour in the calendar and see a list of past events withall the days and for me would be enough. Would be great to be able to use one single app for everything: i’m using Clue in paralel, as it’s the best menstrual tracker ever until now. But i have then to make all the connection myself between Clue and Migraine Buddy..

I can see you asked above what kind of visual would be best for period tracker. I’m sure with the OG version (talking years ago) periods could be viewed on the calendar alongside the migraines.

For instance having the day number of your cycle on part of that days calendar square in a different colour to the date. As well as having a block of colour for the days your period or ovulation falls.

Visually that used to work so well because you can see immediately where the migraines are in relation to hormone fluctuations. I’ve been hoping for this to come back for so long

Another vote here to specifically be able to track ovulation instead of just menstruation.

Another vote for ovulation tracking! Mine is currently classified as not hormonal by the app but tracking my triptane days as headache in my period app says something else (hardly any outside of ovulation, pms or period). Maybe also consider weighing based on attack hours rather than days? Because I rack up two hour attacks that fade with a pain killer but the longer ones, again, are always during cycle events.

Please put the menstrual cycle report on the calendar. It would be so helpful to visually see how it correlates to migraine days.