TempMon: Monitoring Migraines (and Weather)

Like many people, I have a few migraines every once in a while. I assumed this had to do with a lack of fresh air and adequate exercise. I love going and sitting in wide open spaces, and naturally, headaches subsided whenever I went to Hampi to sleep under a tree. I just assumed it was the city. Doctors blamed lack of exercise. Perhaps it was all these things.

In my need to find out what was wrong, I began monitoring all my migraines, big or small, since June-July 2016. I use MigraineBuddy for this, and it’s proven to be really convenient. However I didn’t stop there.

I began buying NodeMCUs and hooked them up everywhere. I have a bunch at work, constantly monitoring the temperature and humidity. I have a sensehat at home that constantly monitors the temperature and humidity.

TempMon is a simple project. I want my devices to tell me to drink more water when the humidity changes. Why? Because two years of data have taught me that the root cause of headaches isn’t alcohol, isn’t lack of exercise, isn’t the food I eat, but purely sudden changes in humidity. I have a super power. I can tell when it’s going to rain out of the blue, because I’ll have a headache that day.