Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Same here.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.

Function over score.

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable. Not on a named superintendent pharmacist but the pattern is familiar.

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.