Hormone changes around a period are a well-known migraine trigger, and many people with vestibular migraine notice their dizziness follows their cycle too. If you track your cycle in VertigoMe, the app can warn you ahead of the days that tend to be harder.
The days VertigoMe watches
By default, the extra risk sits on:
- The 2 days before your predicted period.
- The predicted first day, which counts the most.
- The first 2 days after it starts.
Everyone is different, and some people see no link at all. You can change the curve to suit you.
How the prediction works
Once you have saved a Last Period Start Date and an Average Cycle Length, VertigoMe works out when your next period should start. The predicted date counts as one trigger, and the risk curve decides how many points it adds on each day around it.
When the predicted date arrives, it is turned into a real period entry and the next prediction moves on by one cycle. If your period actually starts on a different day, log the real date and the app works from that.
What you will see
On Home, your Risk today gauge rises in the window around your predicted period, and the 7-day outlook shows it coming. The predicted period can appear in Top contributors (Premium).
The risk curve
- Tap the Monitor tab, then the Menstruation card.
- Scroll to Menstruation Risk Curve.
There are 15 bars: the 7 days before, the predicted Period Day in the middle, and the 7 days after. Taller bars add more risk. Tap a bar to change its value, then tap Save Weights. Reset Defaults puts it back.
If you switched on Predict ovulation, an Ovulation Risk Curve works the same way around mid-cycle.
A reminder
This is a guide, not a guarantee. Sleep, weather, salt and stress all play a part too. Log every spin, whatever the gauge said. Everything you log helps.
