Adam Darrow

Background

About Adam Darrow

I am the Founder of the MyStressAlarm app. “Don’t let stress get in the way of success!” You can learn more about managing chronic stress at https://mystressalarm.com/ I am also a Business Analyst, experienced in optimizing operations through accurately identifying business needs, serving as a liaison between IT and the business. I leverage my experience and skills to broker best-fit solutions and deliver data-driven recommendations. I normally report to leadership, executing agile implementation focusing on business value. I’m adept at understanding business objectives, applying critical thinking, communicating recommendations to organizational leaders, and implementing improvement. I got into stress management after realizing my health issues were triggered by stress, especially from overworking. I tried working less, but I had ambitious goals and inevitably would overdo it again and again. Each time I felt a flare coming on I would run to the acupuncturist, but that was inconvenient and getting expensive. I looked into various apps and other holistic solutions, but found nothing geared specifically to overworking. So that’s when I created my own system to help identify the stress level when I generally become symptomatic (aka threshold number). This way, I could at least monitor daily where I was in relation to that number and try to stay under it. Long story short, it worked! I’ve been flare-free now for 16 years, med-free for 13. As a result, my out-of-pocket costs related to issues from chronic stress are nil, and my productivity/focus is way up! MyStressAlarm was built on the same approach to help others in a similar situation – hard-working, goal-oriented, ambitious, driven individuals who are always pushing themselves, always trying to squeeze more into their day to get ahead and/or spreading themselves too thin, putting everyone else’s needs before their own. As a result, they’re more susceptible/prone to overworking and triggering stress-related symptoms.