Comment by justinc8687

Comment by justinc8687 11 hours ago

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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 9 hours ago

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.

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  • amelius 6 hours ago

    Maybe they can find out what empties the bucket.

    E.g. meditation, yoga, ...

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    • pegasus 5 hours ago

      It's definitely bucket-like for me, and I can attest meditation empties it. Whenever I stop meditating, mental busyness and subconscious anxiety slowly build up. Half hour a day is enough to keep it away. I just keep bringing my attention back to the breath, trying to feel into the physiological need to breathe (which is usually occluded or distorted by mental activity). Whenever I feel I am actively holding to some tension, I allow myself to release it. That's all in terms of instructions, and for me it works wonders. I look at it as the equivalent of flossing for the brain ;)

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75w 3 hours ago

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

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olooney 4 hours ago

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.

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dotancohen 7 hours ago

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.

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  • justinc8687 6 hours ago

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

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OldOneEye 10 hours ago

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

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huem0n 5 hours ago

Could work for a lot more than just migranes

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amelius 6 hours ago

Don't forget social triggers.

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  • justinc8687 6 hours ago

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

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    • amelius 6 hours ago

      Well, depending on the people you meet, and the roles you are in, any kind of social contact can be mentally draining, even if it is not directly obvious.

      Note that even the anticipation of meeting people can be a mental load.

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