Track Fibromyalgia: A Detailed Three Month Journal to Record Fibro Symptoms, Triggers, Medications and More

Keeping a record of your symptoms can be an important part of diagnosing and managing fibromyalgia. Whether you are seeking diagnosis, newly diagnosed, or have been managing your condition for many years, this tracker will help you monitor your condition.Monthly Symptom Calendar - Makes it easy to look for patterns and note changes over time.Detailed Daily Pages - Track your sleep, fatigue, pain levels and location, brain fog, activity, symptoms, potential triggers and more.Medication History - Track your medications and supplements, dose changes, improvements and side effects.Daily notes – Space for notes every day of the weekThe main symptoms of fibromyalgia are widespread pain and fatigue, but other symptoms can be different for everyone. With this in mind, there are lots of sections for recording the most common symptoms of fibromyalgia, but also boxes and sections you can personalise to help you keep track of what is important to you. You can also discuss with your doctor exactly what information they would like you to record.Track patterns and changes on the monthly calendar pages.Keep a detailed history of medications, dose changes and side effects.Look for flare up triggers and warning signs.Track how medication and lifestyle changes impact your condition.Undated so you can start any time.Section for questions to ask your doctor.Easy for family members or caregivers to update.Simple to share with your doctor at appointments.Keep your health information offline and private.Detailed daily journal lasts for three months.Why Is It Important to Keep a Symptom Log?There are several reasons you might wish to keep a symptom log – to aid in diagnosis, to help you and your doctor to make decisions about treatment, and to help you spot patterns and triggers.Diagnosis & Treatment DecisionsWhen thinking about a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, your doctor needs to know about your symptoms over the last three months. It can be difficult to remember how things have been over time, but using a journal such as this one can help you lay out your symptoms in an easy-to-read format to help your doctor to see if you reach the diagnostic criteria. The fatigue and pain sections use the same symptom severity score and body part rating as most doctors.If you have already been diagnosed, writing down the symptoms you are experiencing can help you reach ongoing decisions about your care. Keeping a record also helps you and your doctor decide whether medications are effective or need changing. If things get better, stay the same, or get worse after a medication change or starting a supplement or exercise regime, everyone needs to know. A log will also help you track side effects from medications you take. All this information helps you and your health-care provider make informed decisions about treatment. This journal allows you to keep all your notes and questions together and to share them easily when you go to appointments. Patterns & TriggersNoting what was going on around the time that symptoms happened may help you spot patterns and identify potential triggers. It may be that poor sleep, stress, a change in the temperature, or a day of high activity have contributed to a flare up. Identifying triggers could help you find ways to manage your symptoms, or to see if anything you are trying is helping or making things worse.There are sections to record your activity levels, how many hours you slept and how refreshed you were upon waking, exercise, the weather, stress, missed meals, and a notes section to record anything that is useful to you.Make record keeping one less thing to worry about by keeping all your information together in a journal specifically designed for fibromyalgia management. Read more