Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.

Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables. Five years in on a written medication list and it lines up.

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. Side effects was my main issue with a written medication list too.

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

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

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you. Same for me with a written medication list, unfortunately.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless. How long have you been on a written medication list?

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

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

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

Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write. How long have you been on a written medication list?