Hey Lucy, Seems like a good start. And, it appears that you are dedicating yourself to find the "right" answers and doing the right things to ameliorate your attacks.

Journals are excellent learning materials. Your anecdotal evidence compiled with other journals can help to establish a justification for further study.

In addition to what you have mentioned, some other daily events you might keep track of are

Weather related events, ie; temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, (did it rain, snow hail?).

Solar and Lunar cycles. It begins to sound like voodoo medicine when we include such things in the modern approach to treatments, but by god it's a fact that all living things ARE affected by these cycles. Get an almanac or better yet access the NASA website and refer to their solunar tables. I think they can provide data for any location world wide. (I have some interesting theories concerning this but haven't been able to get to them due to constructing other arguments).

Monitor your weight. This should be done at the same time each day. First thing in the morning, after your first bowel movement, or mid afternoon are usually best because the body is in a somewhat fasted state. You mentioned what foods. Don't forget to include an approximation of how much and time of day consumed as this really affects our "biological clock".

ANYTHING that you think might be a trigger should be noted, no matter how bizarre.

Make note of your overall sense of well being. This may give some insight into how you cycle into or out of an episode.

Keeping a useful informative personal journal can be a time consuming exercise in observational and organizational skills. But remember, you are performing an epidemiological experiment, n=1

Who knows, you may find the pump handle that helps to save others like ourselves (Reference to John Snow).


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