Types

• Headache diaries can be as simple as a pen and notebook or as detailed as diary software. Several free headache diaries are available online.
  
  

Pain Content

• According to the National Headache Foundation, each entry about a headache should include what happened right before the pain started, the intensity level of the pain, and how long the pain lasted.
  
  

Treatment Content

• Notes should include what type of conventional or alternative treatments were used to stop the pain and if the treatments were successful.
  
  

Women

• Women should note where they are in their menstrual cycle or if they are going through menopause. According to Menstrual Migraine (Susan Hutchinson, et al; 2008), drops in estrogen may be responsible for some migraines in women.
  
  

Other Details

• Optional details to list are the weather conditions, what you ate prior to the headache, if you started a new medication (and if so, write down the name) and if you had a good night's sleep.