Relief methods
From the app’s English Help & Guide · Reference release 1.0.33
Relief Methods are non-medication things you try to feel better, manage symptoms, or recover: heat, ice, rest, pacing, breathing, hydration, a dark room, sensory changes, support, and similar coping measures.
Getting started
Turn on Relief Methods in More › Tracking. Tended creates a starter list, and condition starter packs can add relevant methods. Use Manage in the same Relief Methods row to add, edit, hide, or categorise your own methods.
Logging relief methods
In a journal entry, tap Relief Methods and select what you tried. Log what you used even if it only helped a little, or if you used it because the day was already hard. That context helps Tended avoid overstating what the method means.
Categories
Relief methods are grouped by category for scanning. In Add/Edit Relief Method, type any category name, or choose an existing category from the checked list. Known starter methods get sensible default categories such as Physical comfort, Rest, Pacing, Nervous system, Food & drink, Sensory, Support, or Movement.
What helped
The What Helped insight compares relief methods with easier days, harder days, symptom changes, recovery windows, and what you managed to do. Harder-day context usually means you reached for a method when symptoms were already worse; it is not proof that the method caused the worse day.
Reports and data
Relief methods appear in Tracking Breakdown, What affects you, symptom correlations, warning signs, recovery analysis, Day Intelligence, Doctor Mode, health reports, CSV export, backup/restore, and demo data when there is enough data.
Record a relief method
Record a comfort strategy you used.
If a field you want is hidden, enable it in More > Tracking. Only turn on what you want to use.
A covered hot-water bottle and cushion beside a closed journal.
Record a relief method: steps
- Check the date The guide opens a new journal entry. Check its date and time before adding details. You can also use this guide while editing an existing entry.
- Choose a relief method Open Relief methods and select what you tried. Use your own label if the list does not describe it.
- Record your experience Add a reflection about what you noticed. Recording a method does not establish that it worked or recommend it to someone else.
- Save your entry Return to the entry and tap Save. Wait for it to close. The guide completes only after the relevant new or changed detail is saved.
Record a relief method · Fictional example
For illustration only. Nothing here changes your app records.
These fictional details explain the guide; they are not suggested values for your records.
- Method used
Rested in a quiet room
Describe what you tried separately from how you felt afterwards.
Record a relief method: troubleshooting
If the guide has not finished, check that you changed the relevant field and saved the entry. Simply reopening an existing value does not count. If Save fails, keep the draft open and use Try Again.