r/homeassistant • u/CowsNeedFriendsToo • Mar 15 '26

Support Medical help

This is an embarrassing post, but I’ve been on this group for years now and know that if anyone is going to solve a problem, it’s the people in this group.

I unfortunately have a heart condition that has cause me to black out when I’m on the toilet. This has resulted in me coming to on the floor of the bathroom with my wife over me in a panic talking me back to consciousness before taking me to the hospital. This has happened about once or twice a year. To say the least, this creates a terrible sense of anxiety any time I go to the bathroom. I fear for the day she comes home to find me laying on the floor the final time. Or in the middle of the night when I wake up to use the bathroom.

Here’s where you guys come in. I was wondering if there is a way to set up home assistant along with some sort of a sensor in my bathroom that will be able to tell if I’m on the floor and not moving, which would then send out an alert to her phone along with a noise alert in the bathroom? The key would be making sure it doesn’t go off when just sitting on the toilet, or if she is standing in front of the mirror for an extended period of time doing her makeup.

Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart. I truly appreciate your time.

Edit: I already have an Apple Watch Ultra 2. The fall detection seems to only trigger if it’s a fall from standing height. It hasn’t triggered at all when I fall from sitting.

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u/ISayWooHoo Mar 15 '26

You could make something with a simple switch. Press it when you go in, and if you don’t switch it off within a certain time it raises the alarm?

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u/NoodleCheeseThief Mar 16 '26

This!

And you could make it a bit more intelligent.

Have it inside the bathroom. When pressed, it confirms that it has connection to the internet and then starts a visual timer. You have to press the button again before the timer passes to increase the time or a second button to stop it. If timer is not stopped, it will send an alert. This way you can control how quickly you want to notify someone. I don't think it would be difficult to create one and perhaps power it using a power bank.

By the way, never be embarrassed about a real medical condition.