Tracking Symptoms

Symptoms & Treatments
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I am looking for suggestions for tracking symptoms, foods, environmental triggers, reactions to meds, sleep etc. My symptoms vary from day to day and week to week. Does anyone have a good system for keeping track of their symptoms and such? I am looking for something simple, logical and easy since I tend to forget things quickly.

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Hi Sunny!

I found this site to be extemely helpful... http://www.theacpa.org/

because it allows you to setup an account & document your symptoms etc in detail through a logger and by icons marking on specific body parts.

AND... you can then print out a report based on the input you have put in.

Good luck!

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Hey, there are also all kinds of apps for symptom tracking if you have a smartphone. Just google symptom tracker app and the platform you have either iPhone or Android.

I also found this symptom tracking tips article useful-

http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/whyfmscfsarelinked/a/track_sympt...

Good luck! I am trying to find one for my Samsumg Galaxy S3. If I find one that's good, I'll let you know, too!

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Thank you! Very useful information!

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Thank you! Super useful!

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My dr has me keep a simple journal. How many hours of sleep. How many meals. Snacks. Physical activay. Time with a supportive person/group. Did I get out of bed. Cooking. Illness. Drug interactions. Leave home. Etc. and basically I chart it before the visit and say what’s what. And these are the problems. It actually works very well, and is good for you to reflect on also.

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My favorites are patientslikeme.com because it's so customizable and prints wonderful charts to take to the doc. On my smartphone, I have Manage My Pain Pro which is a similar tracker. Printing the tracking from the patientslikeme.com is what helped convince my doc in the first place to look at Fibro and an explanation for my issues.

Meg

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Thanks so much!

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Thanks! I will look into it. :-)

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I finally found something that seems pretty good for my smart phone. I am using Pain Coach by WebMD. I am still learning how it all works but I can e-mail a report to myself to print out or even to my doctor. The report does not include all the info I put in, just the top three complaints, triggers, and meds. It's really just a summary with a graph showing your overall well being over the week or month. Perhaps I still need to learn how to work with it. At first I was only updating once a day then I realize that I can update info throughout the day. You can also input notes.