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Suggestions for addiction tracker

Ok, first, can the "cravings" on that tracker please be seperated from "cravings" on other trackers.  Wanting to get high and wanting sugary foods are completely different things, and both could occur on the same day, for different reasons, or -not- occur on the same day, but it will currently look like they did.  
Also, could you add other use related symptoms?  The ones I've thought of are "nodding out" (I'm sure there's a more technical term), blackouts, crawling sensations (like meth bugs), paranoia, memory issues, cognitive issues, and maybe the sleep quality (insomnia, restful, exessive) one that I've seen on some other trackers.  Also appetite increase/decrease, and shakiness.  
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10947 tn?1281404252
Upon further research, it looks like Cravings in the Addiction Tracker was already separate from cravings in other trackers.

We've added formication (crawling sensations), paranoia, memory lapse, cognitive issues, appetite increase/decrease, tremors, and sleep to the Addiction Tracker.

Thanks,
MedHelp

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10947 tn?1281404252
Thanks for the comments. We'll add memory lapse for now to the addiction tracker as a memory lapse could be for short-term memory loss or long-term memory loss. If others feel strongly about having these as two separate items, please feel free to leave a comment below. We can always add blackouts in the future.
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Nodding out and nodding off may be the same, but I don't see the second one used all that often.  That said, I've been disconnected from the drug using community for a while now, and the prevalent terms may have changed.  
Blackouts are not the same as a memory lapse.  A memory lapse (maybe you want to call it something else...) is the "dude, wait, what?" promlem: issues with short term memory as a result of being on drugs, or of having overused them, and especially forgetting what you or someone else -just- did or said.  Blacking out involves having no memory of a given span of time, usually a longish one, for example everything that happened after a certain point in a night of heavy drinking,  
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10947 tn?1281404252
Great feedback on cravings. We'll see if we can get cravings in the addiction tracker unlinked from the cravings in other trackers.

We're happy to add the following symptoms to the Addiction Tracker: formication (crawling sensations), paranoia, memory lapse, cognitive issues, appetite increase/decrease, tremors, and sleep.

Can you elaborate a bit more on nodding out? We've found references to both nodding off and nodding out. Also, aren't blackouts the same as a memory lapse?

Thanks,
MedHelp
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