Early prototype journal
A running journal of the little prototype we started using after too many anxiety filled nights asking the same question: did Moz get his meds, or did we just forget to mark it?
"Did we give the dose, or did we just forget to mark it?"
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Moz was diagnosed (through process of elimination) with idiopathic epilepsy two years ago and takes medication twice a day. Six months after we started his meds, he had a breakthrough cluster which resulted in him spending the night at the ER and us being worried out of our lives.
Put simply, we sucked at making sure he got his meds on time. We'd either be late, really late, forget to give it to him sometimes, or give it to him but forget to mark it and then potentially double dose. The lifestyle adjustment hit us hard, the breakthrough hit us harder.
We already had alarms and a fridge sheet. But more often than not, we ended up staring at an unchecked box and not knowing whether a dose had actually been missed or whether someone had simply forgotten to log it.
That uncertainty was the problem. Clokd started as a way to get dose certainty, not just another reminder.
Prototype 1
The current version is a breadboard prototype made from parts we already had around the house. Not pretty, but it works.
What it does today
Chirps around dose time so we don’t forget
If no one presses the button, reminders escalate
One press confirms the dose and stops the reminders
No more guessing if the dose happened
What we learned so far
What we are thinking about next
Build log entries
The Frankenbutton has already removed a surprising amount of stress from our daily routine. I’ll keep adding updates here as we learn what works, what doesn’t, and what comes next. I'll be updating with some photos once we've... tamed the rainbow worms
First breadboard version built from parts we had lying around the house. Not going to lie, I felt a little like Tony Stark. It’s not pretty, but once the button press could confirm the dose and log the time automatically, the change was immediate. The surprising part was how quickly it removed the stress of wondering whether the dose had happened.
We started noticing empty boxes on the fridge tracker and realizing we didn’t actually know whether a dose had been missed or simply not logged. That uncertainty led to more than a few sleepless nights, but two late in February were the tipping point. It was clear our system wasn’t working.
Moz had a breakthrough seizure cluster and spent the night at the ER. We realized we had been far too lax with medication timing. After that we tightened things up with alarms and a fridge tracker, thinking the problem was solved.
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We are still early, but if you are managing meds for a pet or family member and want updates, we will share progress as we go.
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