Hello from the United States. Found this place looking for something sensible about shift work and insomnia. Came for the shift work and insomnia threads, stayed for the tone. Looking forward to reading more than posting, probably.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
Same here.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Function over score.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else.
Fifteen years of this and the function column is the only one that changed anything for me. Also, one page of history, printed, handed over at the start. It changes the appointment.