Small thing that made a difference for me with a second opinion.
Write it down on paper, in the room, not in an app you will not open.
Label things. Anonymous jars are how mistakes start.
Do it before the appointment, not during it.
It takes ten seconds and removes a whole category of problem.
Took me years to work this out.
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
How do you tell the difference between the drug working and just a good week?
Half of what people describe as tolerance is a change in the underlying condition, and the two need different answers.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. Side effects was my main issue with a second opinion too.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way.