Records problem. The summary they hold about me is wrong by three items.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.
The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you. Not on a closed practice but the pattern is familiar.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in. Not on a closed practice but the pattern is familiar.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.