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Fitness tracker to monitor stress and being run down

NAS50656

i have never posted anything on any forum before so I hope I am doing it right. 

I have been using a wrist fitness tracker that monitors my heart rate, heart rate variability and sleep. The bit that interests me most is the “body battery” and “stress” measures. I was pretty sceptical to start with but I have found that I cope much better with stressful situations when my “body battery” is high. When it is low I am best to have some quiet time.  It has also been useful to look back and see when I have been most stressed. 

I am on the autistic spectrum myself and work with adults with intellectual disability and autism. I am thinking that this has potential to be be really useful. 

Has anyone else found a fitness tracker useful for monitoring how stressed or how run down they are?

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  • in reply to NAS39248

     I found the article on Forbes I think. “Wearable for kids helps avoid predict meltdowns” 

    People have been using wrist trackers to measure stress in kids with autism so that they know when they are at most risk of meltdowns. I think this has real value, particularly for people like me who are not too aware of their own stress levels. In people with a learning disability and autism  maybe a carer could check the app on their phone to see how the person they are caring for is coping with things. 

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