Keeping a record of your symptoms can be an important part of multiple sclerosis management. Whether you are 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 Weekly Pages - Track your sleep, activity, energy, symptoms, potential triggers and more.
Medication History - Track your medications, dose changes, improvements and side effects.
Daily notes – Space for notes every day of the week
The symptoms of MS can be different for everyone, and with this in mind, there are sections within the tracker you can personalise to help 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 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.
- Journal lasts for one year.
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 DecisionsWriting down the symptoms you are experiencing can help you and your doctor reach decisions about your care. Whether it is treatment for a relapse, a flare-up of symptoms due to an infection, or managing specific MS symptoms such as fatigue or visual problems, having a written record of what happened and when can be helpful.
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 everyone needs to know. A log will also help you track side effects from medications you take. All this information helps you and your healthcare 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, 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, how many hours you slept, the weather and temperature each day, and blank spaces 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 multiple sclerosis management.
