How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on benzodiazepine tapering but the pattern is familiar.

Same here.

How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week? Not on benzodiazepine tapering but the pattern is familiar.

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

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

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. Not on benzodiazepine tapering but the pattern is familiar.

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

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

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

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

You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.

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

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

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

Same here.