How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Three years in on diazepam and it lines up.

Same here.

Not on diazepam but the pattern is familiar.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Function over score.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. Flat mood was my main issue with diazepam too.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are. Same for me with diazepam, unfortunately.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.

How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.

Print the page. Flat mood was my main issue with diazepam too.

Print the page. Not on diazepam but the pattern is familiar.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.