Welcome to ALPIMS
Find what you need.
Everyday wellbeing and practical support, with room for different needs and changing capacity.
Open a topic below, or start with a simple explanation of ALPIMS.
You can explore one topic, ask for help or come back later. You do not need to work through everything.
General information and practical ideas—not a diagnosis or a substitute for individual healthcare. About this resource ↓
Find what you need
Open a topic to explore available and planned pages. You can open more than one section.
Sleep & Rest Open to see topics
Energy & Pacing Open to see topics
Sensory Support Open to see topics
Thinking & Tasks Open to see topics
Emotional Support Open to see topics
Daily Living Open to see topics
Care & Support Open to see topics
These are support topics, not a treatment programme. Use condition-specific guidance where needed and seek care for new or concerning symptoms.
ALPIMS explained simply
ALPIMS is a way to organise everyday supports when different needs overlap. You might need help with sleep, pain, sensory comfort, emotions or getting a task started—sometimes several at once.
The site starts with a practical question: What would make everyday life more manageable?
What do the letters mean?
- A — Anxiety & autonomic: anxiety and automatic body functions.
- L — Laxity & connective tissue: joints and connective-tissue needs.
- P — Pain & bodily sensitivity: pain, headaches and bodily sensitivities.
- I — Immune & inflammatory: immune, allergy and inflammatory needs.
- M — Mood & mental health: emotions, mood and trauma-related needs.
- S — Sensory & neurodevelopmental: sensory differences, autism, ADHD and related access needs.
You do not need to understand every area or identify with all six to use the site. ALPIMS is an organising lens, not a diagnosis or a test.
More about the ALPIMS domainsHow can this help with everyday life?
A task can involve several demands. Making a meal might require planning, standing, handling smells and cleaning up.
Support could mean choosing a familiar meal, sitting to prepare it, reducing strong smells or asking someone to help. You can adapt the task instead of expecting yourself to do it the same way every day.
These are practical options, not a treatment programme or a promise that symptoms will improve.
What if I have a particular condition?
Everyday ideas may need adapting for migraine, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, FND, POTS, autism, ADHD, asthma, allergy or other conditions. Use your individual care plan where it differs from general advice.
A note about this site
ALPIMS shares general information and practical ideas informed by lived experience and linked resources. It does not diagnose conditions or replace individual healthcare. It is not a validated treatment programme.
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Adapt suggestions to your needs, consent, capacity and care plan. Do not change prescribed medicines, medically necessary diets or treatment based only on this site.
Conditions appearing together do not necessarily share a cause. Benefits vary, and persistent symptoms are not a personal failure.
External links offer further information; they do not imply endorsement of ALPIMS.
Seek appropriate care for new, severe or concerning symptoms. Call 000 in Australia for an emergency.