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Mood Tracker Improvements?

I have some suggestions for MedHelp's "Mood Tracker".  I have used this tracker nearly every single day for about a year to help keep track of what's going on with my bi-polar brain.  From time to time, I experience hallucinations and would like "Hallucinations" to be added to the symptoms list in the "Mood Tracker".  Right now I have no way to track how frequently I experience hallucinations and this could be a great help.

(I'm thankful to find that "Psychosis" has already been added to the symptom list, as that is also something I occasionally experience and had been thinking of suggesting.)  

Another addition to the symptom list that would likely be useful to many is, "Overwhelmed".  Some might think that "Stress" covers that, but there have been plenty of times when, for example, I felt stressed without feeling overwhelmed; they are not the same thing.  

I would also like to see "Mental Activity" added to the symptom list with a drop-down menu selection of "Very Fast", "Semi-Fast", "Normal", "Semi-Slow" and "Very Slow".  The pace at which the mind moves varies quite a bit for those of us with bi-polar disorder (sometimes seeming to move at insanely high speeds and at other times seeming to move slower than a snail) and I imagine that others may find this addition to the symptom list helpful as well.  

Is it possible these things could be added?
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You're very welcome for the suggestions.  Thank you for adding the things I requested!
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10947 tn?1281404252
Thanks for the suggestions. We've added hallucinations, overwhelmed, and mental activity to the Mood Tracker.

Thanks,
MedHelp

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I'm so pleased to hear that these things will be added.  I look forward to seeing them in the "Mood Tracker".  Thank you very much.  I understand the limitation for the "Mental Activity" drop-down menu; thank you for explaining it and finding another way to implement the idea.  
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10947 tn?1281404252
Thanks for the suggestions. We'd be happy to add these items to the Mood Tracker for you. For Mental Activity, we'll add this to symptoms as a drop-down value from 1 to 5, with 1 being very slow and 5 being very fast. We're not able to add the drop-downs as you suggested because we normally use the first letter of a drop-down in the chiclets on the chart display and that would not work here.

Thanks,
MedHelp
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1044813 tn?1370494406
I think these are very good suggestions.
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