Hello from India. Found this place looking for something sensible about benzodiazepine tapering. Old enough to have used forums before social media ruined them. Looking forward to reading more than posting, probably.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Print the page.
My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.
The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time. Not on benzodiazepine tapering but the pattern is familiar.
Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.
Same here.
Side effects was my main issue with benzodiazepine tapering too.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.
Function over score.