Start Helps You Decide If Your Antidepressant Is Working for You
iOS: Not all antidepressants are created equal, and those that work for some may not work for you or have side effects. Start is an app that helps you track your mood and mental health, prepares you for these side effects, and even generates a report that you can share with your doctor to make more informed treatment decisions.
Start doesn’t do what you can’t do with pen and paper, or what many doctors have told their patients to do every time they write a new prescription, but there is something special about antidepressants that is worth paying attention to. Aside from the fact that side effects can be serious, Start actually encourages you to log your mood and behavior so that you – and your doctor – have a complete picture of how things have changed since you started taking your medications.
Antidepressants are hard to track (I mean, you’re in your head, so it’s hard to see how your thinking really changes over a long period of time), and Start makes it easy. The reports it generates is also useful to show your doctor so that he can see if you have any signs of any side effects or if you need to switch to another medication completely. Best of all, the app helps you get the latest information, advice and feedback from other people in the same boat to help you in the long run.
Start is free and available for iOS (unfortunately, no word on the Android version). You can download it from the link below.