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

Correct.

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

How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?

Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.

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

Correct.

No. Not on a long-term dependence but the pattern is familiar.

The last ten percent of a taper takes as long as the first ninety. Nobody says so until you are in it.

Same here.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.

No wrong answers, and yours is a good one.

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

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

Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.