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

Same here.

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule. Six weeks in on pharmacy work and it lines up.

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

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

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

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

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

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

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

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?

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Side effects was my main issue with pharmacy work too.