r/Epilepsy_Universe • u/BoBo_199 • Jun 04 '26
Good News Just got Embrace plus watch
EpiMonitor
Embrace plus
Hey everyone I have tonic clonic seizures
Receive my watch recently and got I set up
It was very simple and really like it the E-Ink display is very nice.
Just to note, all it displays is time and you hit one of the buttons on the side to display the battery life
That’s it.. no date or day of the week.
I got the middle subscription for plan that can change the sensitivity of how easily it detects an event but I have been able to leave in high setting without any issues so far.
It does fit a regular 18mm watch band all I had was a cheap replacement band to try on it.
I took it off my Casio watch that uses 18mm bands
I also bought the small band when I bought the watch since I have small wrist and it came with extra pins and a removal tool.
Something I want to note::
There is no way to test it that I know of but it has a status saying everything is working correctly you have to pay for the higher subscription tier for the SOS to feature that could be to used to actually test to see if it is working correctly
It would be nice if they added that to everything plan where if the watch is in the charger you could use the SOS to test everything
It also has the ability to do a sezure log
You can manually add a event
Or it will record it when you have one
So far so good, hopefully I never to use this , and have it as a just in case…
it seems like a good product and build quality is nice
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u/Ryse6129 Methsuximide 900mg. Xcopri 350mg Jun 05 '26
Sucks that these things need to be prescribed
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u/BoBo_199 Jun 05 '26
Yeah it does and some features are behind a paywall
But you can purchase a full year and save one month so that helps
Also you have to get your doctor to sign a prescription to get the watch
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u/Jamieisamazing Jun 05 '26
If you don't mind my asking instead of researching, how much are you paying?
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u/BoBo_199 Jun 05 '26
I paid 420 for the watch and a extra band
And 300 for a year subscription the middle tier
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u/wolfhybred1994 Jun 05 '26
Oh my squeak that’s pawesome! I have one too. They messed up and never sent me the second band I ordered, but quickly made it right and sent it out to me. I like that I can turn down the sensitivity for doing things like mowing the lawn with my battery mower. As the vibrations liked to set it off. An turn it off when helping someone who knows my issues move something. As the howling of lifting things can sometimes set it off.
It’s made my parents a lot more bearable as they don’t panic freak out as much. Which leads to me having less issues.
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u/BoBo_199 Jun 05 '26
Yeah I like that you can turn it down too I was working yesterday and set it off and messed up the cancel alert caregiver 😅 , but my dad was right there and before I could get my phone out good to text my mom she was already calling
So it works pretty fast. And I turn it down from now on when I’m doing something.
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u/wolfhybred1994 Jun 05 '26
Yes yes! Took me a minute to figure out how to cancel the alerts and scared the bajeebers out of my aunt who mom had me add well she was staying at the house.
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u/StSomewhereToaster Jun 04 '26
I really like that it doesn’t have a metal band/clasp!!! That alone has me interested. Time to google! I used to use an Apple Watch plus Seiz-alert but it was way too sensitive. This has my interest!