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

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

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

Same here.

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.

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

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you. Currently on benzodiazepine tapering myself.

Same here.

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

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

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

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

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

Function over score.

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