Frequently Asked Questions

Calibrate is an ADHD medication tracker built for adult women in their first 90 days after diagnosis. It replaces scattered iPhone Notes with structured daily logs, phase-aware guidance, and a weekly clinician PDF you can share directly with your prescriber. If you have just received your first stimulant prescription and feel unsure what to track or how to report your experience, Calibrate is designed for you.

During the titration phase, you should log your dose, time taken, focus score, energy score, any side effects, and a brief note about how the day felt. Tracking these details consistently — even just 60 seconds per day — gives your prescriber the data they need to adjust your medication confidently. An ADHD titration journal structured around these categories turns scattered observations into actionable clinical evidence.

The most effective way to prepare for your psychiatrist follow-up is to bring structured data: a log of your doses, side effects, focus and energy patterns, and any specific questions that came up during the week. Calibrate generates a weekly clinician PDF automatically so you walk into every ADHD psychiatrist appointment with a concise, readable report instead of trying to recall three weeks of scattered memories. This replaces the common experience of sitting across from your doctor and drawing a blank.

Yes. Calibrate works with all stimulant medications including Vyvanse, Adderall, Adderall XR, Concerta, Ritalin, and Strattera. As a Vyvanse tracker app, it lets you log your dose, note when it kicks in and when it wears off, and tag common side effects like appetite suppression, afternoon crash, and sleep disruption. All of this surfaces in your weekly clinician PDF.

The Initiation phase — your first 14 days — is completely free, including daily logs and your first weekly clinician PDF. At Day 14, when you enter the Adjustment phase, a subscription unlocks the full 90-day journey, unlimited weekly PDFs, and phase-transition guidance. Pricing is $9.99 per month or $49.99 per year.

Every Friday, when you have logged at least four days that week, Calibrate automatically generates a clinician-ready PDF summarizing your dose log, side-effect patterns, focus and energy trend charts, and highlighted observations in your own words. You can AirDrop or email it to yourself before your appointment and hand it directly to your prescriber. This is the feature that sets Calibrate apart from every other ADHD medication tracker on the market.

The Calibration Arc is Calibrate's visual representation of your 90-day titration journey, divided into three phases: Initiation (days 1-14), Adjustment (days 15-45), and Maintenance (days 46-90). Each phase has different expectations for how your medication will feel, and Calibrate surfaces phase-specific guidance at the natural transition points so you know what is normal and what to bring up with your prescriber.

All of your data is stored locally on your device and is never shared with your prescriber, insurer, or any third party without your explicit action. The weekly clinician PDF is yours to send or not send as you choose — Calibrate never transmits it automatically. Calibrate is a personal symptom journal, not a medical records system.

Bearable is a general-purpose chronic illness tracker built for a broad range of conditions. Calibrate is purpose-built for newly diagnosed adult women navigating ADHD medication titration specifically. Where Bearable offers generic symptom logging, Calibrate provides a phase-aware 90-day arc, ADHD-specific side-effect tags, and a weekly clinician PDF formatted for psychiatrist appointments — none of which Bearable offers.

Tiimo is a visual daily planner designed to help with routines and task management. Calibrate is a clinical companion focused on the post-diagnosis titration window — specifically, tracking medication response and producing evidence for your prescriber. If you need a day planner, Tiimo is excellent; if you need an ADHD medication log and a weekly clinician PDF, Calibrate is built for that moment.

Calibrate is optimized for the first 90 days post-diagnosis, but you can use it any time you start a new ADHD medication, adjust your dose, or need a fresh structured log to bring to your prescriber. The 90-day arc resets cleanly for each new medication or titration attempt, so it is useful beyond the initial diagnosis window whenever you are actively calibrating a stimulant.

At Day 90, Calibrate presents three options: continue another 90-day arc for ongoing titration, restart from Day 1 with a new medication while preserving all previous PDFs and history, or archive your journey and keep everything accessible without active logging. The app is designed with an intentional exit story rather than dropping you at the cliff when your initial arc ends.

Calibrate is a personal symptom journal — it does not diagnose, prescribe, or give medical advice. It helps you organize and present your own observations to your prescriber so that your clinical conversations are grounded in real data. All decisions about your medication remain between you and your doctor.

Missing a day does not reset or penalize your progress in Calibrate. The weekly clinician PDF generates automatically when you have logged four or more days that week, so occasional gaps still produce a useful report. Consistent daily logging creates the richest picture, but the app is designed around the reality that ADHD makes streaks hard.