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Log a spin
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one tap, fill in later, or say it and it fills itself in

When the room starts turning you should not be filling in forms. VertigoMe gives you one tap to mark the moment and start a timer, a spin log that asks the vestibular questions (what it felt like, the position it started in, ear fullness, hearing change, tinnitus) when you are ready, and a voice or text story that gets sorted into triggers, symptoms, medicines and reliefs for you to confirm.

Quick logTap a favourite on the home screen and it is logged with the time: a Spin, a Trigger, a Prodrome, a Medicine or a Relief. Add the detail later, or never.
Active spinOne tap starts a spin with a running timer. Jump straight into a guided Epley, Semont or BBQ roll; it attaches to the same spin. End it when it passes and add the detail whenever you have a moment.
Say itType or speak freely. “Rolled over in bed, room spun, ears felt full, took betahistine.” The app picks out the triggers, symptoms, medicines and reliefs for you to confirm or drop.

Quick log and active spin

The quick log strip sits on the home screen. Tap a favourite and it is logged with a timestamp. An episode logged with nothing but a time still counts for every statistic in the app.

For a spin in progress there is a dedicated screen with a running timer. It also offers a guided exercise (Epley, Semont or BBQ roll) that attaches to the same spin automatically, so the exercise ends up in your treatment history without any extra logging.

The questions a vestibular clinic asks

When you have time, the full log asks about spin character (room spinning, rocking sensation, unsteadiness, oscillopsia, drop attack, dizziness, ataxia, nystagmus), the position you were in when it started (lying flat, sitting or standing up, turning your head, looking up, rolling over in bed, standing still, walking), and what came with it: nausea, ear fullness, hearing change, tinnitus louder, imbalance after, and more. Tinnitus gets its own detail: which ear, what it sounded like, how long it lasted. Vestibular migraine still brings head pain, so the front and back head map and aura zones are there too.

Each of these gets its own breakdown in Insights and in the full report, which is what makes a BPPV pattern look different from a Meniere's pattern in your own data.

Tell it in your own words

The Paint the picture step in the spin log, and the evening check-in, take typed or spoken text and sort it into symptoms, triggers, prodromes, medicines, reliefs and activities for you to confirm. Suggested items are shown in italics so you can remove any that do not apply. It recognises vestibular vocabulary such as ataxia, staggering and room spinning. The microphone is optional; without it you type.

Usually over by

While a spin is running, the app compares it with your own past spins and shows when similar ones were usually over, how severe they got, and which medicines and reliefs shortened them. If there are not enough logged spins yet it says so instead of guessing.

Questions

Can I log from my watch?

Not yet. VertigoMe reads data from Garmin, Oura, Polar, Apple Health and Health Connect, but there is no VertigoMe watch app. Logging happens on the phone.

What if I forget to log for a few days?

Log the spin with the date and time you remember. The statistics work on timestamps, so a late entry still lands on the right day.

Does the app write to my calendar or notes?

No. Calendar access is read-only, nothing is stored from it except what you confirm, and on iPhone your ended spins can be mirrored into Apple Health as Dizziness samples if you have connected it.

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