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

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

Function over score.

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

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

Function over score.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism. Not on a written medication list but the pattern is familiar.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment. Side effects was my main issue with a written medication list too.

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

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

Same here.