Question for the people who have taken diphenhydramine long term: did the tolerance ever settle, or is that just the price of admission?
Having a single page of history makes the appointment half as bad, because they can read faster than I can talk.
My skin, my sleep and my mood all respond to this, and my appointments only ever ask about the third.
Has anyone else found a way to describe this that lands in an appointment?
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately. How long have you been on diphenhydramine?
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.
Function over score.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism. How long have you been on diphenhydramine?
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Currently on diphenhydramine myself.
Same here.
Currently on diphenhydramine myself.
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers. Same for me with diphenhydramine, unfortunately.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule. Same for me with diphenhydramine, unfortunately.
Function over score.
Function over score.