Hey! Will you be including other dissociative disorders (besides the “main” ones) in your app? I have DPDR (Depersonalization Derealisation Disorder) and I never really see anyone talk about it. If not you can just delete this ask if you want
I want to include as many people as I possibly can who might need to track complex medical symptoms :) I won’t lie, I don’t know a heck of a lot about DPDR, but if you have any suggestions on feature you would like in the app to track your symptoms (as well as any resources on DPDR if you want!! No pressure! I just like being as educated as I can!), drop it in the ask box and I’ll see what I can do! /g
For now I can confidently say that at least for now my idea is to have two “menus” as such, “Parts” and “Symptoms”. Parts will be able to be more fleshed out (name, pronouns, picture, description and custom fields) and will be available to system accounts. Symptoms will be less fleshed out (name, picture, and description) but will be available to everyone whether system or not. Both can be logged as active or inactive and analytics will show times at which these were logged to show when a symptom was experienced and for systems, who experienced what. I’m also including things like action plans, an encrypted journal system, and resources for grounding through dissociation and crisis.
As someone who is not a system myself and planning to use my own app to track symptoms of complex and chronic conditions I experience, I won’t be using the Parts menu, but I will be filling in Symptoms and value being able to log when I’m experiencing something, mostly so I can show my doctor and it can help with treatment and diagnosis in some cases. I also use some of the resources I am planning on putting into the app myself when I am dissociated or going through crisis (which is why I’m including them, I’m hoping they can be useful for others).