After you accept the Terms, Red Tent walks you through profile setup. This is what we need to show your cycle, phases, and tracking correctly.
Required
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Username
What should we call you? asks for a display name only—a nickname is fine. At least 2 characters. Used for greetings, insights, and as your Community display name if you join. You can change it anytime under Settings → Profile & Account → Edit Profile.
02
Birthday
When were you born? uses month and year only to confirm you're 18+ and tailor insights. Used for context, never shared publicly.
Cycle data
How should we get your cycle data? offers three choices—you can skip entirely with I'll start fresh.
- Import from Apple Health — connect Apple Health to pull recent cycle history.
- Enter manually — pick your last period start on the calendar.
- I'll start fresh — skip cycle setup for now; add a period later from Home.
Read next: Entering your first period date — calendar steps when you choose Enter manually during setup.
Optional
01
Diagnosis status
How do you relate to PMDD? offers options from clinical diagnosis to still exploring. You can skip this step.
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Health conditions
Select any conditions that apply or add your own. Optional—you can skip.
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Data-sharing consent
Help Advance PMDD Research? lets you Share anonymously or choose Not right now. Separate from iCloud sync; you can change or revoke this anytime under Settings → Research Data Sharing.
✦You can change any of this later from Settings → Profile & Account. Edit Profile for display name and birthday; Health Info for diagnosis and conditions; Research Data Sharing for research opt-in. Profile and cycle data stay on your device and sync through your private iCloud—they are not stored on Red Tent servers unless you separately opt in to research sharing, which you can turn off anytime. Nothing here is permanent.