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

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

Print the page.

Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.

Same here.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.

Print the page.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables. Side effects was my main issue with a second opinion too.

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

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

Same here.

Currently on a second opinion myself.

I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do. How long have you been on a second opinion?

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

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