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A headache diary you can actually use.

Eight calm, spacious weekly sheets designed to be quick on ordinary days and useful at your next appointment.

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Cover of the Calmraine 8-week printable headache diary11 print-ready pages
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Clear daily status Headache, confirmed headache-free, or genuinely unknown.

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No cramped writing The weekly layout was built for paper first.

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Details stay optional Add more only when it helps you.

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What you will print

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Pages 2-9

One week, one spacious page

Seven daily rows, a compact status key, and enough room for the details most useful in a conversation with a healthcare professional.

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Preview of the redesigned Calmraine weekly headache diary sheet

A lighter daily habit

Start with one mark.

The diary separates a confirmed headache-free day from a day you forgot to record. That keeps missing information visible instead of turning it into a false “good day.”

  1. H

    Had a headache

    Mark H, then add timing, pain, impact, or medicine if you know it.

  2. HF

    Confirmed headache-free

    Mark HF when you are actively confirming there was no headache that day.

  3. —

    Not recorded

    Leave both boxes blank. Do not reconstruct a day by guesswork.

Inside the PDF

Enough structure. Plenty of breathing room.

01Quick-start coverDaily key, name and start date, and three simple steps.
02-09Eight weekly sheetsStatus, timing, worst pain, impact, medicine, weekly notes, and possible factors.
10Optional episode detailExtra writing space for symptoms, pain, possible factors, medicines, and questions.
11Appointment summaryExplicit counts, pattern changes, questions, and records you plan to bring.

Ready when you are

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A diary does not assess urgency

Do not wait to complete a diary if you think you need urgent medical care. This template records what happened; it cannot diagnose a headache type, identify a cause, recommend treatment, or decide whether symptoms are safe.

Why eight weeks?

NICE guideline CG150 says that when a headache diary is used to aid diagnosis of primary headaches, the person should be asked to record a minimum of eight weeks. Recommended fields include frequency, duration, severity, associated symptoms, headache-relief medicines, possible precipitants, and relationship to menstruation. This is guidance for people over 12 in the UK, not a promise that eight weeks will produce a diagnosis or a universal rule for every appointment.

Keeping a diary should not become another overwhelming task. The American Migraine Foundation recommends focusing on information that will be valuable to you and your healthcare professional, and simplifying the record when needed.

What this diary cannot tell you

  • It cannot diagnose migraine or another headache type.
  • It cannot prove that a food, weather change, activity, menstrual timing, or other observation caused a headache.
  • It cannot tell you whether to start, stop, repeat, or change a medicine.
  • It cannot decide whether symptoms are urgent.

Read the full medical disclaimer. Ask a qualified healthcare professional what information and duration would be most useful for your situation.

Sources

  1. Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management - RecommendationsNICE · Updated 3 June 2025 · Accessed 16 August 2026
  2. Diagnosis: Keeping a headache diaryNICE · Updated 3 June 2025 · Accessed 16 August 2026
  3. Headache Journals: Tracking Your MigraineAmerican Migraine Foundation · 8 April 2025 · Accessed 16 August 2026
  4. Tracking DiariesNational Headache Foundation · No date shown · Accessed 16 August 2026