xena
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Hi everyone, looking for some advice on how to better record reactions to medication/general trends in symptoms.
I currently write down new/exacerbated or improved symptoms in a diary as well as the start/end dates of new supplements or meds. And changes marked changes in sleep, energy, mood...
However none of this is organized, which makes my recordings sort of inconsistent and quite hard to see changes clearly over time.
So how do you all do it?
Some specifics Qs:
1) What kind of things have you found it useful to track (AHI on your CPAP? Steps walked? Heart rates? Hours of sleep?)
2) If you have, do you find it useful to track energy and mood on some kind of scale (1-5 or something) versus assessing whether it's better or worse more loosely?
3)Have you found any useful apps, websites, or technology for tracking symptoms and start and end dates of new meds? Or have paper journals/charts been more useful to you?
I have been thinking making a google form to fill in at some point each day and then having that form collect data in a spreadsheet, hopefully allowing me to visualize trends by graphing it after a while.
I currently write down new/exacerbated or improved symptoms in a diary as well as the start/end dates of new supplements or meds. And changes marked changes in sleep, energy, mood...
However none of this is organized, which makes my recordings sort of inconsistent and quite hard to see changes clearly over time.
So how do you all do it?
Some specifics Qs:
1) What kind of things have you found it useful to track (AHI on your CPAP? Steps walked? Heart rates? Hours of sleep?)
2) If you have, do you find it useful to track energy and mood on some kind of scale (1-5 or something) versus assessing whether it's better or worse more loosely?
3)Have you found any useful apps, websites, or technology for tracking symptoms and start and end dates of new meds? Or have paper journals/charts been more useful to you?
I have been thinking making a google form to fill in at some point each day and then having that form collect data in a spreadsheet, hopefully allowing me to visualize trends by graphing it after a while.