Sharing this because it took me an embarrassingly long time to work out.
Write it down on paper, in the room, not in an app you will not open.
Do it before the appointment, not during it.
One change at a time, otherwise you learn nothing about which one worked.
It sounds fussy until the day it saves you five minutes and an argument.
Took me years to work this out.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Not on reading the leaflet but the pattern is familiar.
Access to mugs should be on the clinical questionnaire.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Function over score.
Same here.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going. Tolerance was my main issue with reading the leaflet too.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.
Same here.