Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless. Three years in on contacting the pharmacy and it lines up.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately.

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

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not. Side effects was my main issue with contacting the pharmacy too.

You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.

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

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.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.

Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.

My pharmacist has become my actual doctor and I am at peace with it.