Long time lurker, first post. Turkey, chronic pain, currently on coming back after years away. Here mostly to read, sometimes to argue about evidence quality. See you in the threads.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
I would stop trying to convey how bad it is and start saying what you want them to do.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Same here.
Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.