Long time lurker, first post. The Netherlands, chronic pain, currently on benzodiazepine tapering. Chronic condition, long history, low tolerance for hype. See you in the threads.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
Same here.
Same here.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. How long have you been on benzodiazepine tapering?
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.