Full disclosure first, then the detail.
Packaging was plain, intact, and the batch was legible.
Response to an email came in under a day and answered the actual question.
The next order decides whether this becomes a habit.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Currently on a short-dated batch myself.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. How long have you been on a short-dated batch?
Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries?
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.
Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point. How long have you been on a short-dated batch?
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers. How long have you been on a short-dated batch?
You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.
You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in. Not on a short-dated batch but the pattern is familiar.
Ten percent cuts, of the current dose not the original. That is the arithmetic that keeps it survivable.
Sleep first. Bad night, bad day, more symptoms. Fix that before changing anything else. Four months in on a short-dated batch and it lines up.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism.