Careful with attribution. You changed the timing, the dose and the season. That is three variables.

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

This is the correct amount of effort for a thread like this.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Currently on a bedside stack myself.

Correct. Same for me with a bedside stack, unfortunately.

No wrong answers, and yours is a good one.

Sorry for the basic question, but how do you actually start one of these diaries? Tolerance was my main issue with a bedside stack too.

Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Tolerance was my main issue with a bedside stack too.

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

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.

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

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.

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