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

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

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

Function over score.

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

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries? Same for me with dihydrocodeine, unfortunately.

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

Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Six weeks in on dihydrocodeine and it lines up.

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

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it. Not on dihydrocodeine but the pattern is familiar.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.