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A medication schedule is not a dose history
Learn which view answers what was planned, what was logged, and what remains unknown.
In brief
Use a schedule to represent your existing instructions and dose history to review what you recorded. A planned dose is not automatically taken, and an empty history entry does not tell you why nothing was logged.
Give each record a clear job
A schedule answers a forward-looking question: what is planned according to the instructions you saved? Dose history answers a different question: what did you report happening? Moodwell keeps these separate so that a recurring plan does not quietly turn into a claim about your actual intake.
This distinction matters even when your routine rarely changes. You may take an item and forget to log it, or open a scheduled item without taking it. Neither action can be reconstructed from the calendar alone. Read the underlying record before describing a day as complete.
Read the status before the number
Dose history distinguishes taken, skipped, and snoozed records. These statuses communicate different events. A skipped record is not a taken dose, and a snoozed record does not confirm later intake. Use the history status filter when you need to review one kind of record, then return to the full history for context.
Read the amount and date alongside the status. A scheduled time can also appear with an entry, but it should not replace the time recorded for the event. The history tells you what was saved, subject to any mistakes or omissions in your own logging.
Example: three days that look similar on a plan
Imagine a schedule has the same item on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Monday has a taken record. Tuesday has a skipped record. Wednesday has no saved event. The plan contains three scheduled occasions, but the available history contains three different levels of information.
You can say that Monday was recorded as taken and Tuesday was recorded as skipped. For Wednesday, the accurate statement is that no event is recorded. Do not fill Wednesday as taken merely to match the recurring schedule, or call it skipped because the history is blank. Review what you can actually verify.
Use this order when a day is unclear
- 1
Open the correct item
Confirm the product name and strength before interpreting a schedule or reviewing its past events.
- 2
Read the planned occasion
Check what the saved schedule expected, without treating that expectation as evidence of a completed dose.
- 3
Open dose history
Review the event status, date, time, and recorded amount. Remove a status filter if it hides relevant entries.
- 4
Keep uncertainty visible
If you cannot verify what happened, leave the record uncertain instead of using a chart total to fill the gap.
Resolve the record separately from treatment questions
Correcting a logging mistake and deciding what to take next are separate tasks. This guide describes the first task. A calendar, completion percentage, or history status does not supply instructions for a missed dose.
If the question is about your actual medication use, refer to the instructions for that product or contact your pharmacist or prescriber. Keep the app entry faithful to the event rather than changing it to suggest a treatment decision.
Related Moodwell feature
Review plans and recorded doses separately
Today and dose history provide different views of your saved medication routine.
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