Sharing this because it took me an embarrassingly long time to work out.
The first two weeks are the hard part, after that it is automatic.
Write it down on paper, in the room, not in an app you will not open.
Took me years to work this out.
Everyone here blames the drug. Half the time it is the appointment schedule, not the molecule.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Function over score. Same for me with a symptom diary, unfortunately.
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.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.