Routine support
How to set up your HRT routine in Helen
Helen works best when your current hormone routine is entered clearly. The setup flow turns the details you already know, like hormone type, route, dosage, cadence, and preferred timing, into a routine Helen can use for reminders, due-today views, logging, calendar context, and Talk answers.
Key takeaways: How to set up your HRT routine in Helen app
- Helen stores each active hormone routine as a structured regimen instead of a loose note.
- You can capture dosage, route, cadence, selected days, interval schedules, fixed cycles, and period-anchored progesterone details.
- The setup details power the rest of Helen, including reminders, calendar dots, and structured Talk answers.
Start with the hormone details
Each routine starts with the basics: hormone type, route, dosage, and schedule. That means Helen can tell the difference between what you are taking, how you take it, and when it should happen.
This matters because HRT is often more specific than a simple daily checklist. A patch, gel, pill, injection, or period-anchored progesterone routine may each need different timing logic.
Choose the schedule pattern that matches real life
Helen supports daily routines, selected-day schedules, every-N-days or every-N-weeks schedules, fixed cycles, and period-anchored progesterone schedules. Those patterns let Helen calculate due dates from the rules you entered instead of asking you to remember them manually.
For interval routines, Helen evaluates the cadence by your local calendar day. For period-anchored progesterone, Helen uses logged period starts as the anchor for schedule timing.
Add reminder timing when it helps
If a regimen has a preferred time class, such as morning, afternoon, evening, before bed, or a custom hour, Helen can use that timing for reminders and labels.
You can still use Helen without treating the setup like a clinical record. The goal is practical clarity: enough structure for Helen to help you stay oriented day to day.
Edit when your routine changes
If your provider changes a dose, cadence, or route, Helen can update the active regimen while keeping history separate. That helps your current plan stay accurate without pretending past entries followed the new routine.
The app is designed around the reality that HRT routines can change over time, especially during perimenopause.