Symptom diary

[Holnee]

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has found a good template for a symptom diary that makes it easy to track symptoms over time? I'm imagining a spreadsheet, but would be interested in anything you have found that works well for you.

[jade_s]

That's what I'm using. If you PM me your email address I can send you mine. I print it out and fill it in manually.

[jade_s in reply to jade_s]

My excel sheet template is available here for anyone who wants to download it:

sites.google.com/site/sleep...

(It can be imported into a google sheet if desired.)

You'll have to adapt the symptoms for whatever's relevant to you.

[pvanderaa]

I just had a notebook readily accessible. It really is what works for you. Spreadsheets allow you to track multiple symptoms.

Remembering to fill it in and exercising the short term memory to fill it in are also two key ingredients.

[Galixie]

I can't remember what I was searching for once but I did stumble upon some health related apps that are intended for tracking symptoms. I don't know if you want a smartphone app, but just thought I'd suggest it in case that's what is easier for you.

I do a spreadsheet (not a particularly good one, but it's good enough for me). And I keep it on my google docs so that I can fill it out wherever I happen to be. The only downside to google docs is that you have to have not just the google drive app, but also the google sheets app in order to be able to make changes to the file.

[jade_s in reply to Galixie]

oohh i'd like a smartphone app! I had looked for one a while back but didn't find anything useful. I did a quick search just now and found one that looks suitable but it's for apple (Symple) and I'm an android user. Most others seem to be for tracking physiological parameters like BP HR and so on.

[Foggyme Administrator in reply to jade_s]

Symple looks like a good find jade_s. Free app if you want to track 10 symptoms - can upgrade to unlimited number of symptoms (and even write your own instead of selecting from a list- a must 😄) - cost £2.99. Can also export information as a csv file and import into excel etc. to make lovely spreadsheets 🆒.

Going to have a play with it properly at the weekend and get the upgrade if it makes good xls.

Thanks for the tip. Brilliant 👍

[jade_s in reply to Foggyme]

Let us know how it works out! It does look pretty good. They say they're working on an android version.

[Foggyme Administrator in reply to jade_s]

Will do. Hurrah for android 👍

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Good post Holnee! 😀

[BigCatFreak]

I found a good one I use to keep track of shots, test results & symptoms. Check out b12deficiency.info/about-th... There is an apple app & 1 for android! 😁 It's made for all of us with PA

[jade_s in reply to BigCatFreak]

awesome thx!

[Slothlike]

I use T2 mood tracker. It was originally developed for physiological symptom tracking, but you can adapt to any scale you want. I use it for brain fog, heart palpitations etc. It has sliding scales so takes about 30 seconds to record and gives you a graph of symptoms up to a year. Haven't checked whether it's android as well but I found this worked well for me

[jade_s in reply to Slothlike]

Yes it's also available for android, thanks! I like it, simple and streamlined!!

[Slothlike]

I would say "like me", but I've put on a bit of weight over Xmas. Glad you like it

[Holnee]

Thank you, everyone! I started a spreadsheet record, and installed both apps. I plan to try all 3 methods for a bit and see what works best. I appreciate your help!