[justinc8687]

I've been suffering from migraines for the last month, so have channeled my (non-migraine) time into a migraine tracker to try and find the root causes. All the tracking apps I tried all have nice complex forms, which is all well and good, unless...you are having a migraine.

Rough idea is easy to use voice mode to record data, then analyze unstructured data with AI later on.

I want to track all relevant life information, so what I'm eating, meds I'm taking, headache/nausea levels, etc.

Adding records is as easy as pressing record on my apple watch and speaking some kind of information. Uses Deepgram for voice transcription since it's the best transcription API I've found.

Will then send all information through to a LLM for analysis. It has a "chat with your data" page to ask questions and try and draw conclusions.

Main webapp is done, now working on packaging it into an iOS app so I can pull biometrics from Healthkit. Will then look into releasing it, either on github or possibly in the app store. It's admittedly mostly vibe coded, so not sure if it'll be something releasable, but we'll see...

Let me know if this would interest anyone!

[elric]

As a fellow migraineur, I feel compelled to point out that the quest for triggers and root causes is probably never going to end. The way I see it, the migraine "bucket" slowly fills up, and the final trigger is simply the drop that makes it run over.

I can suggest the research papers by Markus Dahlem for some in depth modern takes on migraine.

[amelius]

Maybe they can find out what empties the bucket.

E.g. meditation, yoga, ...

[rouslyrunn]

Sharing because it was such an obvious insight once I discovered it and I’ve suffered from migraines for years.

Blood sugar. Turned out I was having hypos. I’ve found now that just a spoonful of honey when I feel them coming on normally reduces my migraines to headaches, which I can manage myself with paracetamol

Sorry - not directly related to your post but still perhaps useful

[Imagenuity]

As a former migraineur, what worked for me was completely removing food triggers, including gluten and oxalates.

Try carnivore. No carbs, all animal products. It's reversed so many of my health problems, from pre-diabetes, skin fungus flareups, and mental fog. Over a million people are now carnivore, and the evidence in support in growing quickly.

[olooney]

For me, as for a lot of people, lack of sleep is the big one... if I build up 4+ hours of sleep debt over a week, I'm at risk. So anything you can do to make that easier to log, like integration with a sleep tracker, would be good.

Also, a plug for Oliver Sacks's Migraine which taught me a lot about migraine with aura.

[OldOneEye]

This is fantastic! I hope you can get it developed further, and that you can make it public for others to use :)

[abrookewood]

Hey, I found that daily dose of vitamin B almost completely stopped mine. There is evidence to back this up (though I don't have the reference on me), but also be careful as excessive amounts of VB can cause nerve issues.

[75w]

If it’s an iPhone app the new on device transcription api in ios26 works well and is very fast. You could also use the ondevice llm to clean up the transcription. Cheaper and more privacy friendly

[dotancohen]

My current project also revolves around using voice notes to log life events. I'd love to talk and see if we could exchange some ideas. My Gmail username is the same as my HN username.

[justinc8687]

Just sent you an email. My email is in my profile if it goes to spam.

[huem0n]

Could work for a lot more than just migranes

[amelius]

Don't forget social triggers.

[justinc8687]

I'm curious what you mean by those? I'm open to any suggestions as to things to track / add!

[librasteve]

backlight?