Change or customise Symptom scales e.g. 0 to 10


The default symptom severity scale in Bearable uses a 0 to 4 scale: None, Mild, Moderate, Severe, and Unbearable. This scale was chosen by Bearable founder James, as he found it quicker, easier, and less clinical to make entries this way when logging his migraine symptoms. 

Whilst it’s not possible to change the default symptom scale, you can create custom symptom rating scales using custom Health Measurements:

    1. Enable the ‘health measurements’ section on your home screen using the ‘customise homepage’ button at the foot of the home screen.
    2. Tap the … icon on the Health Measurements section
    3. Tap on ‘Add/edit’
    4. Tap on ‘Create custom measurement’
    5. Name your measurement, e.g. Back Pain
    6. Select a measurement, e.g. 0 – 10
    7. Select Average, Total, or Latest – this will also impact reports for these metrics, but can be changed at any time.
    8. Select decimal places e.g. 0 for round numbers or 2 for a more granular rating.
    9. Select an icon
    10. Tap the check mark to save this measurement

View different reports for custom Health measurements.

    1. You can view trends for these measurements by tapping on the … icon, then selecting ‘graphs’, and then selecting the specific metric from above the graph.

    2. You can view correlations with these metrics by tapping on the Impacts tab, tapping on Mood, and then selecting your custom Health measurement.

    3. You can compare them to other symptoms and factors by opening the Trends tab, rotating your device 90 degrees to landscape/horizontal mode, and then using the two menus below the chart (to plot symptoms, moods, energy, sleep, and health measurements) and the menu in the top right corner above the chart (to plot factors).

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Change when my day begins and ends?

It’s not currently possible to change the start and end times of your day. However, provided you’re using the time periods feature in the Symptoms and Other Factors sections of Bearable, this shouldn’t negatively impact your insights and reports.

Alternatively, if you’d prefer to log changes in your health outcomes (Mood, Symptoms, Energy, Sleep) using a time stamp to better reflect your day, you can do this by using custom Health Measurements. You can learn more about configuring these here: https://youtu.be/C6LpL-xPYI8?si=wz_XBOQuEYiAax3Q&t=3094

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How to enter data past midnight

It’s not currently possible to make entries past midnight. However, provided you’re using the time periods feature in your Symptoms and Other Factors section, this shouldn’t negatively impact your insights.

If you’d like to log something as having happened on a specific day but after midnight, we recommend logging this as an Extra Note, Symptom Note, or Mood Note at e.g. 11:59. You’ll be able to log notes of things that happened after midnight and refer back to these using the timeline.

If you’d like to log something after midnight that you think may impact your sleep, you should add this to your Sleep Factors section so that Bearable knows that this happened before you went to sleep.

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How to track or edit hydration?

It’s currently possible to track hydration by number of ‘cups’ in the Nutrition section. 

The unit of measurement can be edited from ‘fluid ounces (Oz)’ to ‘litres (L)’. To do so:

    1. Open the settings screen
    2. Scroll down to the ‘customise’ section
    3. Tap on Units
    4. In the ‘water’ section, select your preferred unit of measurement

If you’d like to track hydration differently, there are a number of options available using custom Nutrition Factors. For example, you could track:

    • Specific types of hydration, e.g. Juice, Water, Tea, Coffee, Protein shake, etc.
    • Specific quantities of hydration, e.g. >5 cups, >10 cups, >15 cups, etc.
    • Methods of hydration, e.g. 1 litre of water before midday, glass of water before sleep

To create a custom Nutrition Factors:

    1. Tap the … icon on the Nutrition section
    2. Tap the ‘add/edit’ button
    3. Type the name of your custom Factor in the ‘add factor’ section
    4. Select between binary (happened vs. didn’t happen) or variable (none, little, some, lots).
    5. Tap the check mark to save the factor

To log these Factors as having happened during a specific time period (am, mid, pm):

    1. Tap on the time period at the top of the nutrition section
    2. Then tap ‘factors’
    3. Then select your factor.

You may also find it helpful to track certain custom Nutrition factors in the Other Factors section, and this won’t change how these factors are incorporated into your insights.

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Can Bearable track my chronic illness?

Yes. Bearable was designed to make it possible to track any type of chronic, rare, or hard-to-diagnose physical, mental, or neurological health condition. However, due to the vast number of different health conditions, not all of them are default options within the app. 

If your health condition doesn’t appear in the app, you can add it by following these steps:

    1. Tap the … icon on the Symptoms section
    2. Tap on the Add/edit symptoms option
    3. Tap on the Add Symptom Group button
    4. Name the symptom group after your condition e.g. Depression
    5. Select an icon and save the symptom group
    6. Tap into the symptom group
    7. Type a symptom in the search bar at the top of the screen to add it to the group
    8. Where needed, you can move existing symptoms from one group to another
    9. If the symptom exists across multiple conditions, you can name it with the condition in parentheses, e.g. ‘Irritability (Depression)’

Note. Optionally, you can track your condition as a symptom by adding e.g. Depression to the existing ‘Mental Health’ Symptom group. This will allow you to just track your condition overall, which some people find less overwhelming than tracking all of their individual symptoms. 

What we’ve personally found most helpful is to track only the highest priority symptoms of any condition i.e. the symptoms that you’re most struggling with. For example, instead of tracking all of the traits of ADHD, you might choose to only track:

    • Mood swings
    • Task paralysis
    • Stimming

The Symptoms section is used for tracking changes in symptom severity score, but if you’d like to also track symptom frequency, duration, or use a different scale (e.g. 0 to 10), you can do so by using Custom Health Measurements. To learn more about creating custom Health Measurements you can view our guide to setting these up:

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Can I use Bearable on multiple devices?

No. For the time being, our app is designed to work and sync seamlessly on one device.

This is what most of our users require, but we totally understand that you may benefit from being able to sync Bearable on more devices.

We do have plans for multi-device capabilities (i.e. instant updates across devices), but this is fairly complex to implement for a product at our stage, hence why you usually only see it done by bigger companies (e.g. Google products, messaging apps, etc.).

In the meantime, to make sure you get the best experience possible, please use Bearable on one device. 

Using multiple devices simultaneously can lead to data conflict issues and thus result in data loss. 

👉 To clarify, you can still move permanently to another device, simply by logging out of device A and staying logged in on device B, you just can’t be logged into both simultaneously.

Can I track multiple people or family members?

No. It’s not currently possible to track more than one person per Bearable account. However, we are considering ways to make this possible in the future. 

As a workaround solution, it is possible to label custom symptoms and factors with names e.g. ‘10,000 steps (Joe)’ and ‘10,000 steps (Jane)’ or ‘Anxiety (Joe) and ‘Anxiety (Jane). This might allow you to view correlations and trends for multiple people within a single account. However, this isn’t possible for a number the app’s features such as Moods, Sleep, Energy, Nutrition, BMs, etc.

If you’d like to request this feature, you can do so by posting the suggestion on our public roadmap here: https://changemap.co/bearable-/bearable-roadmap/

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How to share data with a Doctor, Therapist, or other medical team member?

We’ve heard from the Bearable community that they’ve had the best outcomes when they’ve prepared for their appointment as opposed to just exporting and sharing data with their doctor. 

Preparation for a medical appointment will likely include:

    • Reviewing recent trends in symptom severity.
    • Reflecting on the impact of your health on your ability to work, socialise, and take care of yourself and/or your family.
    • Analysing the effectiveness of different treatments or medications on your health.
    • Preparing questions for your medical team based on your data.
    • Identifying your most severe and most prevalent symptoms since your last appointment.
    • Screengrabbing relevant trends & impacts reports to share with your doctor.

Use the Trends tab to spot patterns over time

    1. Tap the Trends tab in Bearable.
    2. On the first symptom chart, use the arrow icon to highlight a specific symptom.
    3. Browse the graph and summary for changes over days, weeks, or months.
    4. Alternatively, you can use the Symptom Prevalence section to identify your most frequently occurring symptoms and tap on each of them to view more info.
    5. You can also use the Factor Breakdown section to see counts of your activities over the selected time period and tap into these to view correlations and other reports.

👉 Use this to answer questions like:

    • When did the pain start getting worse?
    • Has my mood improved since I changed meds?
    • Am I sleeping better on weekends?

Using the Timeline and Calendar Features

Bearable’s Timeline and Calendar features allow you to review your health data over time:

    • Timeline: Provides a chronological view of your entries, helping you recall specific events or patterns. You can also filter and export specific categories of metrics such as symptoms, moods, notes, etc.
    • Calendar: Offers a monthly overview, useful for identifying trends or recurring symptoms.

These features can be helpful during appointments to discuss specific periods or events.

Exporting Your Data

You can export your data from Bearable to share with your medical team:

    1. Open the Bearable app.
    2. Tap the Settings (⚙️) icon in the top corner
    3. Scroll down to the Data + Security section
    4. Tap on My Data
    5. Choose Export My Data.
    6. Select the period of data you’d like to export (3 months, 6 months or All time)
    7. Follow the prompts to generate and share your data file.

This export includes your tracked metrics such as mood, symptoms, sleep, and more.

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How to track the weather in Bearable?

Right now, it’s not possible to sync local weather data into Bearable. However, it is possible to track the weather and the impact the weather has on your symptoms.

You can follow the steps below to customise Bearable to track the weather.

    1. In the Other Factors section of your home screen, tap on the … icon
    2. Then, on the menu that appears, tap the ‘add/edit’ option
    3. You should now see a category named ‘Weather’
    4. If the weather category isn’t enabled, tap the toggle to turn it on
    5. Tap into the weather category 
    6. Toggle on or off the aspects of weather you’d like to track
    7. Use the search bar at the top of the category to add new options
    8. When creating a new option, you can select between binary (happened vs. didn’t happen) or variable (happened a little, moderately, or a lot).

💡If you’d like to track aspects of the weather using specific metrics such as Air Quality, we recommend creating binary factors to track these in ranges such as:

    • AQI = 0 to 50 (good)
    • AQI = 50 – 100 (moderate)
    • AQI = 100 – 150 (poor)
    • AQI = 150 – 200 (Unhealthy)
    • AQI = 200 – 300 (Severe)
    • AQI = 300+ (Hazardous)

This will help you to see correlations sooner and can be used for a number of weather-related measurements, such as:

    • Humidity
    • UV index
    • Rainfall
    • Wind Speed
    • Pollen

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