New here. Chronic pain brought me in, the tone kept me. Old enough to have used forums before social media ruined them. See you in the threads.
Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
Print the page.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not. Currently on chronic pain myself.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Same for me with chronic pain, unfortunately.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
Print the page.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time. How long have you been on chronic pain?
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.